Nery
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/neɾi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nery is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Guatemala than in any other country, where it is the 68th most common given name. Recorded meaning: variant of Neri.
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
- HNHonduras≈1 in 1.1K
- PYParaguay≈1 in 1.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Guatemala (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 241 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈17,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Guatemala, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
variant of Neri.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nery 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT Guatemala | #68 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Nery | 56 |
| PE Peru | #514 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Nery | 54 |
| HN Honduras | #113 | ≈8,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Nery | 36 |
| US United States | — | 5,900 | 1 in 56K | 3.7K | Nery | 241 |
| PY Paraguay | #216 | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Nery | 30 |
| SV El Salvador | #393 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Nery | 21 |
| UY Uruguay | #166 | 1,756 | 1 in 1.9K | 1.8K | Nery | 26 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Nery Pumpidob. 1957ARArgentine footballer and manager
- Nery Medinab. 1981HNHonduran footballer
- Nery Fernándezb. 1981PYParaguayan footballer
- Nery Castillob. 1984MXMexican footballer
- Nery Brenesb. 1985CRCosta Rican sprinter
- Nery Velosob. 1987CLChilean footballer
- Nery Bareirob. 1988PYParaguayan footballer
- Nery Leyesb. 1989ARArgentinian association football player
- Nery Cardozob. 1989PYParaguayan association football player
- Nery Domínguezb. 1990ARArgentinian association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 47 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #24,173 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 986 | #25,152 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 766 | #29,142 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 29 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Nery mean, and where does it come from?
- variant of Neri. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- Is Nery a male or female name?
- Nery is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How do you pronounce Nery?
- A machine transcription gives /neɾi/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Nery have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Nery in Guatemala, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nery.
- How common is the name Nery?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,900 people named Nery in 2020, about 1 in 56 thousand residents.
- How common is Nery compared with other names?
- In Guatemala, Nery is the 68th most common given name of 22,774 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/neryThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Nery” — the 68th most common given name in Guatemala. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.