Neo
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Recent coinage from the prefix neo- (“new”). Popularized by a character in the science-fiction film The Matrix (1999), where it is explained as an anagram of "(the) One".
Proper noun[edit]
Neo
- A male given name originating as a coinage.
Translations[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Hokkien 梁 (Niû, Niô͘), or Teochew 梁 (nion5 / niên5). Doublet of Niu.
Proper noun[edit]
Neo
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Neo is the 80131st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 237 individuals. Neo is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (77.22%) and White individuals (10.97%).
Etymology 3[edit]
Named after the Neo Users Group in 2004.
Proper noun[edit]
Neo
Etymology 4[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Neo (uncountable)
- An international auxiliary language created by Arturo Alfandari in 1961, combining features of Esperanto, Ido, Novial, and Volapük.
Anagrams[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Modern coinage from English Neo of the film The Matrix. Compare also Nea.
Proper noun[edit]
Neo c (genitive Neos)
- a male given name
References[edit]
[1] Statistics Sweden: 3173 males with the given name Neo living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013, with the highest frequency so far in 2010. Accessed on 10 April 2014.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from coinages
- English terms borrowed from Hokkien
- English terms derived from Hokkien
- English terms borrowed from Teochew
- English terms derived from Teochew
- English doublets
- English surnames
- en:Artificial languages
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names