Nereus

Gender Masculine
Usage Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1], Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [2]
Scripts Νηρεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /nɛː.reú̯s/(Classical Greek) /ˈnɪɹ.i.əs/(English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek νηρός (neros) meaning "water". In Greek myth this was the name of a god of the sea, the father of the Nereids. It is mentioned briefly in the New Testament, belonging to a Christian in Rome. This was also the name of a Roman saint of the 1st century, a member of the army, who was martyred with his companion Achilleus because they refused to execute Christians.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesNereo(Italian) Nereo(Spanish (Latin American))

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   strong   strange   complex   serious  

Categories

gods, Greek mythology, martyrs, mythology, Ni no Kuni characters, ocean, ocean deities, saints, water

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Νηρεύς.
  2. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g3517, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g3517.
Entry updated October 6, 2024