Given name & surname
Nieve
“from the place covered with snow”
Nieve is a variant of Neva. One Latin interpretation is “from the place covered with snow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nieve is a variant of Neva. One Latin interpretation is “from the place covered with snow.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nieve is a variant of Neva. An origin associated with Neva is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nieve through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 195
- 0 boys · 195 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,689 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,689 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 476 as a first name in 2020; 192 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nieve
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