Nyx
A unisex name of Greek origin, meaning night personified as goddess.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Nyx by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Nyx. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nyx. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nix8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Nyx, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean the night
Like Nyx, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.