Neeve
Girl · NEEV · Irish
Neeve is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “bright, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Neeve mean?
Irish: spelling of Neve; 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.
- Say it
- NEEV
Meaning borrowed from Neve.
Is Neeve a girl's or a boy's name?
Neeve is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neeve in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Neeve, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 24 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Neeve since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Neeve in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 483 girls in the UK were given Neeve or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #133, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Neeve in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Neeve
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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