Nehir
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- neh-HEER
- Origin
- Turkish
Nehir is a girls' name of Turkish origin, meaning “river”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nehir mean?
Turkish: Turkish nehir 'river', from Arabic nahr
“river”
The Turkish word for river, borrowed from Arabic nahr, used as a girl's name.
Is Nehir a girl's or a boy's name?
Nehir is a girls' name.
How popular is Nehir in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nehir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nehir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
Names like Nehir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Zainab, Safa, Aisha, Raya, Maya, Anaya, Prisha, Noor, Saanvi, Aaliyah, Hafsa
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Orhan, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nehir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nehir, updated 20 October 2026.