Nebra
NEH-bra
German place name, Spanish short form or surname
"from Nebra; white shadow; fog"Share
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Nebra Origin and Meaning
The name Nebra is a girl's name meaning "from Nebra; white shadow; fog".
Nebra is the name of a town in Germany, notable for the Nebra Sky Disc, a Bronze Aged disc inlaid with gold symbols of the sun, the moon and stars, significant in revealing the astronomical knowledge of the period.
It is also used as a Spanish short form of Ginebra, itself a variant of the Italian Ginevra, meaning "white shadow, white wave". As a surname, it may also derive from the Latin nebula meaning "fog" or "cloud" and given that the German word for fog is nebel, it is possible the town takes its name from this meaning too. This is not confirmed however.
As a masculine name, Nebra was borne by an early Egyptian pharaoh in around 2850 BC, and in this case, could mean "Lord of the sun".