Around the world, ネリス (Neris 
, Nélis 
, ネリス) is quite a rare epicene given name. The first name ネリス is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Nicaragua, where it is quite a common unisex name, the Dominican Republic, where it is quite a rare dominantly girly, but seldom boy's name, and Uruguay. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Argentina, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. Also, ネリス is the last name as well as the forename.