Nee facts for kids

Nee or NEE is a word that can mean different things, depending on how it's used. It often refers to names, but it can also be an abbreviation for various terms. This page will help you understand the different meanings of "Nee" or "NEE."

Names and Surnames

The word "Nee" is often used when talking about names, especially family names.

Family Names at Birth

• Née (pronounced "nay") is a French word that means "born." It is used to show a woman's family name before she changed it, usually after getting married. For example, if a woman's name was Sarah Smith before she married and became Sarah Jones, you might see her name written as Sarah Jones, née Smith.
• The male version is né (also pronounced "nay"). This is used to show a man's original name if he changed it.

Surnames

• Nee is also a surname, which is a family name that people share.
• Ni is another surname that is sometimes spelled or pronounced like Nee.

Music and Songs

"Nee" can also be the title of different songs or the name of a music group.

Music Groups

• Nee is the name of a band from India that plays Kannada music. Kannada is a language spoken in some parts of India.

Songs Titled "Nee"

• "Nee" is a song released in 1991 by a Japanese singer named Yōko Oginome.
• "Nee" is a song released in 2010 by a popular Japanese music group called Perfume.
• "Nee?" (which means "Right?" or "Huh?" in Japanese) is a song released in 2003 by a Japanese singer named Aya Matsuura.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Sometimes, "NEE" is an abbreviation or an acronym, which means each letter stands for a word.

Science and Environment

• Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) is a way scientists measure how much carbon dioxide is taken in or released by an ecosystem, like a forest or a field. It helps them understand how much carbon plants are absorbing from the air.

Politics and Business

• NEE is the name of a political party in Flanders, which is a region in Belgium. Political parties are groups of people who share similar ideas about how a country or region should be run.
• NextEra Energy is a large energy company in the United States. Its stock symbol, which is like a short name used on the stock market, is NEE.

Technology and Geography

• Named-entity extraction (NEE) is a process used in computer science. It helps computers find and pull out specific information, like names of people, places, or organizations, from text.
• North East England is a region in the United Kingdom.

See also

• Ni (disambiguation)
• Knee (disambiguation)