Nerys
Girl · Welsh
Nerys is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “white lady”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Nerys mean?
Welsh
“white lady”
A female given name from Welsh.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nerys a girl's or a boy's name?
Nerys is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nerys in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Nerys, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nerys in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Nerys in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Nerys
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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