MEANING & HISTORY
What does Nery mean?
The Dictionary of American Family Names explicitly identifies a Christian personal name behind Portuguese and Hispanic Nery, bestowed in honour of Saint Philip Neri. This documents a commemorative formation.
The separate Americanized surname account is distinct.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Nery in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
NERYCSV record 9,694 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Nery in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Nery
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Neri♂Norwegian variant of Nerid in one documented tradition
- Neal·Variant of Neil; its older root is disputed
- Nedra·Fictional island name in McCutcheon’s 1905 novel
- Neil♂English form of Irish Niall
- Nela♀Short form of names containing nel
- Nelly♀Familiar form of Nell and other nel names
- Nema·Tibetan sun meaning in a documented bearer’s own account
- Nena♀Nina variant, also coinciding with Spanish baby girl
What rhymes with Nery?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Dictionary of American Family Names, second edition (2022) — Nery (opens in a new tab)
Explicit underlying Christian personal name in honour of Saint Philip Neri, in Portuguese and Hispanic usage; separately labels Americanized Italian surname account.