Neer

See also: neer

English

Proper noun

Neer (plural Neers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Neer is the 12837^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2398 individuals. Neer is most common among White (94.2%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Rene, erne, reen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as nere in 1204. Derived from the hydronym Neer, which in turn is derived from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“penetrate, dive under, hollow”). Compare the hydronyms Norwegian Nera, Latvian Nerra and Graeco-Roman Latin Nereus (“name of a sea deity”).

See also Limburgish Naer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːr/

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• Hyphenation: Neer
• Rhymes: -eːr
• Homophone: neer

Proper noun

Neer n

1. A village and former municipality of Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Roggel en Neer

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN