as a First Name
(Italian) From Greek Nēreus, name of a sea god. This was the name in the 1st century of a Roman soldier who was baptized by St Paul and exiled with Sts Achilleus and Flavia.
| 22,208th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 258
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Mexico
- has the most people named Nerio per capita
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