Neave

See also: neave

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• A variant of the English surname Neve.
• Variant of Nevay, a Scottish habitational surname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːv/
• Rhymes: -iːv

Proper noun

Neave (countable and uncountable, plural Neaves)

1. A surname.
2. A male or female given name.
   • 2018 January 12, Mark Swenarton, “Neave Brown obituary”, in The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media Limited, retrieved 31 March 2024:

     Neave was born in Utica, New York, into a wealthy Anglo-American family.

   • 2024 March 30, Anna Cafolla, “‘We have five in our bed – any more and I wouldn’t sleep!’: meet the extreme [British] dog owners”, in The Guardian‎^[2], London: Guardian News & Media Limited, retrieved 31 March 2024:

     Since this photo was taken, my daughter Neave has grown up.

3. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Neave is the 32960^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 695 individuals. Olaya is most common among Hispanic/Latino (55.83%) and White (40.72%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Neave”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 655.

Anagrams

• naeve, næve, veena