Boy · Greek
Nektarios
Say it: nek-TAR-ee-os
Meaning
From Greek nektar, the drink of the gods.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A modern Greek name popularised by the 20th-century saint.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 44 babies given this name since 1975
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 213,100 boys
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Saint Nektarios of Aegina
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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