Nerea
Nerea is a feminine given name of Greek origin. It is the feminine form of the given name Nereo, which is in turn the Spanish version of Nereus. It also means "mine" in the Basque language.
- Basque
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Nerea
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nerea is a feminine given name of Greek origin. It is the feminine form of the given name Nereo, which is in turn the Spanish version of Nereus. It also means "mine" in the Basque language.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Basque
- Spanish
The Story of Nerea
American parents first put Nerea on the record books as a baby girl name in 1996, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 14 Nereas were born — ranking #7,626 that year. About 52% of every Nerea on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Nerea last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 115 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Nerea
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Nerea. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Nere
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About the name Nerea
Nerea is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 115 births in the dataset. Nerea's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #7,626. Use the chart and map above to compare Nerea's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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