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Neri

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Boy · Germanic, through Tuscan Italian

Neri

Say it: NEH-ree

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Meaning

A Tuscan short form of Ranieri (Rainier), from Germanic ragin 'counsel' and hari 'army'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

01020304018801900192019401960198020002020Girls 2018Boys 2007per million babies of that sex
  • 801 babies given this name since 1952
  • At its height in 2007, about 1 in 25,300 boys
  • 15 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  2. The Renaissance1400 to 1600

Used by

Italian

Famous bearers

  • Neri di Bicci, Florentine painter

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Where this comes from

  • Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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