Neri (Hebrew: נֵרִי) (lit. "my candle/lamp") is a unisex given name mainly used in Israel. It's derived from "Ner" which means candle in Hebrew. It is a variant form of "Neriya", meaning "Yah (יהו/יה) is my candle (נֵרִי)".
It may refer to:
- Neri, Father of Shealteil in Matthew 1:12 and Luke 3:27)
- Neri di Bicci (1419–1491), Italian painter
- Neri Bandiera (born 1989), Argentine footballer
- Neri Cardozo (born 1986), Argentine footballer
- Neri Colmenares (born 1959), Filipino human rights lawyer and activist
- Neri Corsini (disambiguation)
- Neri Marcorè (born 1966), Italian actor, voice actor, imitator, TV presenter and singer
- Neri Naig, Filipina actress Nerizza Garcia Presnede Naig-Miranda (born 1985)
- Neri Oxman (born 1976), Israeli architect, designer, and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
- Neri Parenti (born 1950), Italian director and screenwriter
See also
- Nery McKeen (born 1957), Cuban retired middle-distance runner
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