Meaning & Origin
A male given name originating as a coinage.
Neo is a boy's and girl's baby name of Greek origin, from the Greek neos meaning "new" or "young," as well as a prefix meaning "new form of." The name gained massive cultural recognition as the protagonist of the Matrix film trilogy.
Keanu Reeves's character Neo — "the One" who frees humanity from its digital prison — gave this name an association with awakening, rebellion, and transformative power. As a given name, Neo carries both the clean simplicity of a three-letter name and the weight of one of cinema's most iconic characters.