Nereida

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

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◐

Nereida is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name307 records spelled Nereida3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Nêreida

38 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●

Nereida is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, nereid (often capitalized in Spanish)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Greek: sea nymph

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Latinate name derived from Greek n r is (genitive n r idos ) nymph, sea sprite (in origin a patronymic from N r us god of the ocean).

  as a word

• In Basque, Nereida. Lutxanako zubirik / Deusto bitartean / batzar bat ikusi dot / Nereiden artean . Azc PB 205. Naz Santo Domingoko / Nereida gazte bat / eta Ozamako errekan / gela eder bat daukat . Ib. 205s.

  as a word·Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 81 years between 1936–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Luz Nereida Vélezb. 1955USPuerto Rican television journalist
• Nereida Apazab. 1979PEPeruvian visual artist
• Nereida Chinchillab. 2003EScycling rider

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 · 349 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nereida?

We estimate roughly 9.4 thousand people bear Nereida (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Nereida have the most bearers?

Nereida is most frequently recorded in Venezuela, where it is most often spelled nereida.

How common is Nereida compared with other names?

In Venezuela, Nereida is the 789th most common given name of 213,120 given names recorded there.

Is Nereida a male or female name?

Nereida 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 Nereida mean?

Recorded meaning: From Greek, ‘daughter of Nereus’; a sea nymph.