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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Probably Norwegian : patronymic from Neri, a comparatively rare personal name, from Old Norse Neriðr, a compound or ner- ‘strong’, ‘healthy’ + a second element meaning either ‘isthmus’ or ‘brilliance’, ‘beauty’.

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