Naras

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Plg. liet. naras „narūnų Šeimosvandenspaukštis; kas nardo;judrus, gyvas, apsukrusžmogus" (LKŽ VIII 539)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Naras is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Thailand than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • THThailand≈1 in 4.3Kas นเรศ(inferred from the name graph)
  • ALAlbania1 in 9.4Kas Ares
  • ESSpain1 in 15Kas Ares

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Naras itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Thailand (inferred from the name graph)

≈16,000 named นเรศ, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
91 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Thailand, est., as นเรศ

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

นเรศThai(measured from records)
NaretLatin(measured from records)

22 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled นเรศ in TH Thailand, ID Indonesia, Ares in ES Spain and Nares in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Lithuanian

Plg. liet. naras „narūnų Šeimosvandenspaukštis; kas nardo;judrus, gyvas, apsukrusžmogus" (LKŽ VIII 539)

Sources 1

  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Naras counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Naras is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TH Thailand#240≈16,000 est.≈1 in 4.3K#183,262นเรศ91
ES Spain—3,448as Ares1 in 15K7.3KAres9
US United States—3,214as Ares1 in 103K3KNares22
ID Indonesia—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 226K—นเรศ1
AL Albania—326as Ares1 in 9.4K309——
SE Sweden—140as Ares1 in 73K140—1
IS Iceland—18as Ares1 in 19K18——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Naras is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, India

    Also written Naraş

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Naras is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, or the melon-like fruit that it produces.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Lithuanian, Plg. liet. nūras „narūnų šeimos vandens paukštis; kas nardo; judrus, gyvas, apsukrus žmogus“ (LKŽ VIII 539).

    as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

  • In Latvian, Kārtis, ko liek uz ragavām

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Vecs, saplīsis uzvalks

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Nāras gulēšanai

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Naras mean?
Recorded meaning: Plg. liet. naras „narūnų Šeimosvandenspaukštis; kas nardo;judrus, gyvas, apsukrusžmogus" (LKŽ VIII 539)
Is Naras a male or female name?
Naras is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Naras have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named นเรศ in Thailand, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Naras?
In Spain, the national register counted 3,448 people named Ares, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.
How common is Naras compared with other names?
In Thailand, Naras is the 240th most common given name of 488,147 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Naras” — the 240th most common given name in Thailand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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