In the entire world, Nei (Nay 
, 妮 , Nei 
) is a widespread gender-neutral given name. The first name Nei is habitual in Mongolia, where it is a widespread male name, Myanmar, where it is quite a common predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name, and China, where it is quite a rare mostly female, but uncommonly masculine name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in China, Mongolia, and Brazil. Much less frequently, Nei is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Nay | China, Mongolia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Brazil |
| 妮 | China |
| Nei | Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Brazil |
| Ней | Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
Nei is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
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nei lopes Brazilian musician, lawyer, writer and historian, BR (b. 1942) |
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nei tejera lisbôa Brazilian recording artist; writer, BR (b. 1959) |
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| nei paulo moretto Brazilian priest, BR (b. 1936) |
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| nei leandro de castro Brazilian author, BR (b. 1940) |
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| nei eduardo serra politician from Brazil, BR (b. 1942) |
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| nei serra Brazilian politician, BR (b. 1942) |
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| nei conceição Brazilian association football player, BR (b. 1946) |
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| nei duclos Brazilian journalist, BR (b. 1948) |
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| nei eni demas carnevalli BR (b. 1938) |
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| nei severiano dias Brazilian association football player (1953-), BR (b. 1953) |
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| nei hamilton haveroth politician from Brazil, BR (b. 1968) |
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| nei van soria Brazilian composer and musician, BR (b. 1969) |
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| nei cruz portela (b. 1962) |
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| cheung yi nei fencer (b. 1973) |
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| nei da costa nobre filho politician from Brazil, BR (b. 1976) |
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