Gender: Girl
Meaning: Light of God, lamp of the Lord
Origin: Hebrew
Popularity: Ranked #830 in 2024 with 327 babies born.
History: Neriah surged in the 2020s as a Hebrew name meaning 'lamp of God.' The biblical Neriah was Baruch's father — the scribe who recorded Jeremiah's prophecies. Neriah represents the deep-cut biblical naming tradition.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Neriah? About 1 in 9,848 babies born in 2024 were named Neriah, or roughly 0.9 per day in the United States.
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