Nieve

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Niamh is an Irish feminine given name, anglicised as Neve, Nieve, Neave, Neavh or Neeve. In Irish mythology, Niamh is the daughter of the god of the sea, Manannán mac Lir and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth. She was the lover of the poet-hero Oisín.

From Wikipedia

Nieve first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 102 babies (rank #436 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Nieve

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Nieve yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,045

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

102

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	5	#2,983
1997	9	#1,900
1998	15	#1,298
1999	15	#1,296
2000	17	#1,181
2001	20	#1,047
2002	26	#914
2003	32	#841
2004	52	#596
2005	46	#677
2006	47	#674
2007	35	#894
2008	74	#526
2009	95	#440
2010	78	#519
2011	81	#524
2012	75	#572
2013	80	#526
2014	78	#545
2015	102	#436
2016	63	#672