Entry № 7392 · Welsh origin

Nerys Nerys — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NEH-ris /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Welsh
Meaning
"Lady, noble"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "lady, noble".

Nerys is a Welsh name suggesting a lady of nobility, likely from nêr (lord, chief). It reads dignified and gently regal.

It reads poised and warm, quiet nobility.

Lady, noble — a Welsh name.

The name in its native script.

Nerys
Transliteration
Nerys
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɛ.rɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nerys stands.

Nerys does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Neryss before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Nerys.

The number behind Nerys.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nerys reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.