English word origin

Etymology of Ney

* As an English surname, variant of Nye. * As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from the source of McNee. * As a north German and Jewish surname, variant of Neu. Sometimes shortened from Neuberger.

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Source etymology 1

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name

A surname.

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Source etymology 2

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name

Nickname for Neymar (born 1992), Brazilian footballer

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Portuguese Ney, a clipping of Neymar.

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Borrowed-form mentionNeypt

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Machine-source provenance

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