Núria

NOO-ree-a

Catalan, place name

Núria Origin and Meaning

The name Núria is a girl's name .

This Catalan classic — spelled Nuria in Spanish — is the name of a valley in Catalonia with a shrine to the Virgin Mary, making this both a Marian name and simply a place name. Or maybe not so simply: during Franco's dictatorship, place names were a way to sidestep the rule that all names had to be Spanish, so Núria became popular as an act of Catalan patriotism. It is still in the region's Top 100 girl names.

Núria Popularity

• 43 Portugal 2014