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Neve

/NEV/ FeminineItalian and Portuguese

Meaning

Neve is a feminine name of Italian and Portuguese origin meaning “snow”.

Neve is the Italian and Portuguese word for snow, descended from the Latin nix; in mountaineering, a névé is the granular snow that feeds a glacier. The name doubles as a common anglicization of the Irish Niamh, which is how actress Neve Campbell came by it, giving one spelling two unrelated histories.

A favorite in Scotland and Ireland in both Neve and Niamh spellings.

At a glance

Origin
Italian and Portuguese
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/NEV/
Themes
SnowLight

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Questions

  • Neve is a feminine name of Italian and Portuguese origin meaning “snow”. Neve is the Italian and Portuguese word for snow, descended from the Latin nix; in mountaineering, a névé is the granular snow that feeds a glacier.

  • Neve is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. It is a favorite in Scotland and Ireland in both Neve and Niamh spellings.

  • The name Neve comes from Italian and Portuguese. Neve is the Italian and Portuguese word for snow, descended from the Latin nix; in mountaineering, a névé is the granular snow that feeds a glacier. The name doubles as a common anglicization of the Irish Niamh, which is how actress Neve Campbell came by it, giving one spelling two unrelated histories.

  • Neve is pronounced NEV.

More names that mean snow

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Edur MasculineBasque“snow”
  2. Edurne FeminineBasque“snow”
  3. Eira FeminineWelsh“snow”
  4. Eirwen FeminineWelsh“white as snow”
  5. Fannar MasculineIcelandic“snowdrift”
  6. Frost MasculineEnglish“frozen dew”