Nerilla

A character name that makes an appearance in Shakespeare's King Lear, Nerilla has hardly been heard in modern times. Fewer than five baby girls received the name in the US last year, which places it among the rarest of the rare.

Nerilla may be a literary name invented by Shakespeare or a feminization of the Ancient Roman emperor's name Nero. With the resurrection of many names from ancient Greece and Rome, Nerilla is one of the Latin names for girls we may be hearing again.

Pronounced nuh-RIL-uh.