Neave
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Neave is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “bright, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 884th for girls in the UK (43 babies).
What does Neave mean?
Irish: anglicised spelling of Niamh
“bright, radiant”
A spelling of Niamh, the golden-haired otherworld woman who carried Oisin away to Tir na nOg in Irish legend.
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Is Neave a girl's or a boy's name?
Neave is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neave in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #884among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were named Neave, making it the 884th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 550th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 134 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Neave than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Neave in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 483 girls in the UK were given Neave or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #133, up from #884 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Neave in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #884 |
| 2024 | 59 | #694 |
| 2023 | 64 | #637 |
| 2022 | 58 | #697 |
| 2021 | 65 | #644 |
| 2020 | 80 | #550 |
| 2019 | 78 | #567 |
| 2018 | 73 | #617 |
| 2017 | 82 | #577 |
| 2016 | 104 | #464 |
| 2015 | 110 | #445 |
| 2014 | 134 | #372 |
| 2013 | 85 | #542 |
| 2012 | 81 | #575 |
| 2011 | 78 | #577 |
| 2010 | 70 | #624 |
| 2009 | 75 | #569 |
| 2008 | 66 | #629 |
| 2007 | 69 | #586 |
| 2006 | 62 | #603 |
| 2005 | 62 | #581 |
| 2004 | 81 | #475 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 46 | #651 |
| 2001 | 55 | #571 |
| 2000 | 50 | #598 |
| 1999 | 41 | #671 |
| 1998 | 38 | #717 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Neave in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Neave in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Neave in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Names like Neave
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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