Given name & surname

Neeve

Neeve is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Neeve isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Neeve through the years

Babies since 1880
39
0 boys · 39 girls
Most popular year
2005
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01234198020002025Highest share 20050.0
Neeve in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1963–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2005.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Neeve’s family of names

In English usage, Neeve as a surname has a related form in Neve.

Walk Neeve’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Neeve, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Nekiya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Naiome

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Niveen

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nevaya

12Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Nysia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Cloee

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nakiah

“one who is pure; chaste”

0Not recently recordedEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Klayre

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Neeve’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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