Neri
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEH-ree
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Neri is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my lamp, my light”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Neri mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew 'my lamp'; also an Italian name from Ranieri
“my lamp, my light”
Neri is an ancestor of Jesus in Luke's Gospel; Saint Philip Neri made the separate Italian surname famous.
Is Neri a girl's or a boy's name?
Neri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Neri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Neri, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 3 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Neri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
How popular is Neri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Neri, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 82 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952. 8 girls were also named Neri in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Neri than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Neri in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2011, 19% of the babies named Neri in the US were girls.
Neri in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,160 |
| 2007 | 82 | #1,781 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
Names like Neri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Suki, Naomi, Mhairi, Cadi, Miri, Nancy, Nori, Heidi, Joni, Noemi, Keira
Names related to Neri
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Neri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/neri, updated 20 October 2026.