Nereyda

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nereyda by the numbers

Nereyda was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 51 babies in 1981, making it a 1980s name.

What we can tell you about Nereyda

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nereyda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nereidasea nymph; a nereid or daughter of nereus10 in the US (2017)
  • Nereaof the sea nymphs; mermaid6 in the US (2017)
  • Neyda5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nereyda

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