Nerea

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Nerea is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name6.7K records spelled Nerea11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Germany, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Néréa

• Lao given name577 records spelled Nerea8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Spain, Thailand, Philippines

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Nenia, เนเรียะ, Neria, เนเรยะ

• a separate given name509 records spelled Nerea2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Ethiopia, United Kingdom

  Also written Néréa

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Nerea is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, in Spanien geläufiger weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von Nereus. In der grie­ chischen Mythologie war Nereus ein Wasser- und Meeresgott.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Acquatica

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

AR datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) — 54 years between 1923–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Filip Neriusz Walterb. 1810PLnot in their usual namePolish chemist
• Nereo Roccob. 1912ITnot in their usual nameItalian football manager (1912–1979)
• Nikolina Shterevab. 1955BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian middle distance runner
• Nikolina Brnjacb. 1978HRnot in their usual nameCroatian politician, State Secretary for European Affairs
• Nerea Barrosb. 1981ESSpanish actress
• Nina Dobrevb. 1989BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian-Canadian actress
• Nerea Penab. 1989ESSpanish handball player
• Nerea Camachob. 1996ESSpanish actress
• Nerea Rodríguezb. 1999ESSpanish singer and actress
• Nerea Martíb. 2002ESSpanish racing driver

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 330 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nerea?

We estimate roughly 69 thousand people bear Nerea (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Nerea have the most bearers?

Nerea is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled nerea.

Where is Nerea most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nerea is densest in Spain — about 1 in 730 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Nerea compared with other names?

In Argentina, Nerea is the 554th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Nerea a male or female name?

Nerea is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Nerea mean?

Recorded meaning: Origine basque, signifie « mienne ».