Fun Facts About the Name Nereyda
- More than 1 thousand babies named Nereyda: U.S. records list 1,206 babies given the name Nereyda from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Nereyda Mean?
Nereyda is a feminine name of Greek origin, transmitted through Spanish, and it means "sea nymph." It is a spelling variant of Nereida, the Spanish form of the Greek Nērēis (Νηρηΐς), which was the word for one of the Nereids - the sea nymphs of Greek myth and the daughters of the sea god Nereus. The name therefore comes from a mythological being's title rather than from an ordinary vocabulary word with a plain everyday sense.
The root behind it is Nēreus (Νηρεύς), the name of the nymphs' father. The origin of that name is not securely settled; it may derive from a pre-Greek word, so the widely repeated meaning "sea nymph" rests on the mythological figure rather than on a clear Greek root. Loose renderings such as "mermaid" or "daughter of the sea" are customary paraphrases, not literal translations.
Nereyda Name History & Origins
The Nereids belong to early Greek literature: they appear in Homer's Iliad and are catalogued in Hesiod's Theogony, where their father Nereus is called the old man of the sea. From the Greek Nērēis, Latin produced Nereis, and from that lineage Spanish formed Nereida, the standard Spanish version of the nymph's name and a name given to girls in Spain and Latin America.
Nereyda is best explained as a respelling of Nereida in which y replaces i. That substitution is a familiar habit in Spanish-language personal names, where y is used for the vowel i in names such as Aracely or Mariely, so Nereyda and Nereida are the same name in two spellings rather than two separate derivations. The name is found chiefly in Spanish-speaking countries and among Hispanic communities in the United States. Its link to the sea nymphs of myth has kept the association with the sea and with Greek legend, and it is distinct from unrelated names that merely look similar.
How Popular is the Name Nereyda?
Nereyda has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1981. Its best rank was #2,048 in 1981.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,719 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #14,736 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #11,886 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #9,486 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #8,839 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #11,822 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #15,074 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #7,736 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #11,534 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #9,962 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #8,825 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #8,453 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #11,032 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #10,214 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #8,183 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #6,039 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #4,848 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #4,635 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2006 | #4,765 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #5,215 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2004 | #6,145 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #4,389 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2002 | #4,356 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2001 | #4,413 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2000 | #4,051 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1999 | #3,863 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1998 | #3,473 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 1997 | #3,600 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1996 | #2,545 | 50 | 0.0029% |
| 1995 | #3,065 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1994 | #2,976 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1993 | #3,745 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1992 | #2,904 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 1991 | #3,137 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 1990 | #3,490 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 1989 | #4,618 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1988 | #4,269 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1987 | #3,597 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1986 | #3,430 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1985 | #3,380 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1984 | #3,586 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1983 | #2,887 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 1982 | #2,205 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 1981 | #2,048 | 51 | 0.0031% |
| 1980 | #4,673 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1979 | #4,163 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1978 | #6,252 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #6,196 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #5,899 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #4,515 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #5,637 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #4,517 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1972 | #6,379 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #4,466 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1969 | #5,817 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #7,826 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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