Given name & surname
Neven
“one who is sacred; little bone”
Neven is a variant of Nevin. One Latin interpretation is “one who is sacred; little bone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Neven is a variant of Nevin. One Latin interpretation is “one who is sacred; little bone.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Neven is a variant of Nevin. An origin associated with Nevin is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Neven through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 443
- 437 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,455 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,455 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 847 as a first name in 2020; 224 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Neven’s family of names
Neven has a related form in Nevin. In Macedonian usage, Neven is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Невен.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Neven
- Neven SubotićSerbian footballerborn 1988
- Neven MimicaCroatian politician and diplomatborn 1953
- Neven SpahijaCroatian basketball head coachborn 1962
- Neven Žugajwrestlerborn 1983
- Neven BudakCroatian historian and professorborn 1957
- Neven VukmanCroatian footballerborn 1985
- Neven LjubičićCroatian physicianborn 1963
- Neven MarkovićBosnian Serb football playerborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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