Neri

נֵרִי

• Gender: Unisex
• Origin: Modern Hebrew
• Meaning: my candle

• Neri is a warm, compact Hebrew name meaning "my candle" or "my light," and it is a popular choice for babies born around Hanukkah, when the image of a small flame carrying enormous meaning feels especially resonant. The name belongs to the current trend of short, punchy names that pack a surprising amount of depth into just a few letters.

  MIT Media Lab star Neri Oxman, whose design work lives in MoMA and the Smithsonian, has given the name serious intellectual glamour. It belongs to the new class of micro-names right alongside Ari, Lev, and Noa, and its gender-neutral quality feels very much of the moment. A winter baby named Neri carries a little Hanukkah light with them all year long.

• Potential Sibling Name:
  Leora
  ,
  Orli
  ,
  Uri
  ,
  Uriel
• Theme: light