Neive
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Neive 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 Neive 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 Neive a girl's or a boy's name?
Neive 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 Neive in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 84% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Neive, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 62 girls.
Half of all the girls named Neive in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 483 girls in the UK were given Neive 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.
Neive in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 33 | #1,110 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 47 | #864 |
| 2015 | 42 | #933 |
| 2014 | 51 | #819 |
| 2013 | 39 | #1,007 |
| 2012 | 62 | #713 |
| 2011 | 40 | #950 |
| 2010 | 40 | #936 |
| 2009 | 60 | #674 |
| 2008 | 58 | #694 |
| 2007 | 40 | #868 |
| 2006 | 28 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 26 | #1,027 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
Names like Neive
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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