Neri

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Neri; this surname is also well-attested in Spanish-speaking countries.

Proper noun

Neri (plural Neris)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Neri is the 4393rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8095 individuals. Neri is most common among Hispanic/Latino (59.77%) and White (31.96%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Neri, from Italian Neri.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ne‧ri

Proper noun

Neri

  1. a Sephardic Jewish surname

Italian

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Etymology

From the apheresis of several medieval personal names, such as Raineri, Guarneri or Maineri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈne.ri/, (traditional) /ˈnɛ.ri/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eri, (traditional) -ɛri
  • Hyphenation: Né‧ri, (traditional) Nè‧ri

Proper noun

Neri m

  1. a male given name

Proper noun

Neri m or f by sense

  1. a surname transferred from the given name

References

  1. ^ Neri in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *neros (hero), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (man),[1] meaning the "Heroes" or similar.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nerī m pl (genitive Nerōrum); second declension

  1. A Celtic tribe of Gallaecia

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Nerī
genitive Nerōrum
dative Nerīs
accusative Nerōs
ablative Nerīs
vocative Nerī

Descendants

  • Galician: Terra de Soneira

References

  1. ^ Cf. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 289.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Neri

  1. a male given name

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ne‧ri

Proper noun

Neri

  1. a Sephardic Jewish surname