Nerezi is recorded in the Ottomandefter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 6 households with the anthroponymy attested mostly being Slavic in character with Albaniananthroponyms only being present in 1. Nerezi is again recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 26 households with the anthroponymy attested being mostly Slavic in character, with Albanian anthroponyms forming a minority as well as displayinginstances of Slavicisation.