Naeve
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEEV
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Naeve is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “bright, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Naeve mean?
Irish: respelling of Neve, from Irish Niamh
“bright, radiant”
Respelling of Neve, the phonetic form of Irish Niamh, who in legend carried Oisin away to Tir na nOg.
Is Naeve a girl's or a boy's name?
Naeve is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naeve in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Naeve, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1999, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Naeve than any year since 2006.
In 2025, 483 girls in the UK were given Naeve or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #133, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Naeve in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 2 | #7,588 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
Names like Naeve
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe, Bree, Caragh, Eire, Aoibheann, Naoise, Keira, Teagan, Eireann, Maeve, Cassidy, Raegan
Other spellings of Naeve
Names related to Naeve
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Naeve: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naeve, updated 20 October 2026.