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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

NeriyaIn Hebrew: נריה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: נֵרִיָּה

Neriya (Hebrew: נריה) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 6,538 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 260 boys and ranked #77. Its peak year was 2023, with 277 babies.

People in Israel
6,538
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
260
rank #77
Peak year
2023
277 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Neriya

In Hebrew letters the name is נריה, read right to left. Neriya is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Neriya by year in Israel

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Neriya: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Neriya

How do you write Neriya in Hebrew?

Neriya is written נריה in Hebrew (with vowel points: נֵרִיָּה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Neriya?

6,538 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נריה: 532 women and 6,006 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Neriya a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 91.9% of the people named נריה are men.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.