Niamh
Pronunciation | English: /niːv, ˈniːəv/ NEEV, NEE-əv[1] Irish: [n̠ʲiəw] |
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Gender | feminine |
Language(s) | Irish |
Origin | |
Word/name | Ireland |
Meaning | bright, radiant |
Region of origin | Ireland |
Other names | |
Related names | Nia |
Popularity | see popular names |
Niamh (Irish: [n̠ʲiəw]; from Old Irish Niaṁ) is an Irish feminine given name (meaning "bright" or "radiant"),[2] anglicised as Neve, Nieve, Neave, Neavh or Neeve.[3]
In
People with the given name
Niamh
- Niamh Algar (born 1992), Irish actress
- Niamh Bhreathnach (born 1945), Irish Minister for Education, 1993–97
- Niamh Blackshaw (born 1999), English actress
- Niamh Brennan (born 1954), Irish academic
- Niamh Briggs (born 1984), captain of Ireland's women's rugby team, 2015 Six Nations Champions
- Niamh Campbell, Irish author
- Niamh Charles (born 1999), English footballer
- Niamh Cosgrave (born 1964), Irish politician
- Niamh Coyle, camogie player
- Niamh Coyne (born 2001), Irish swimmer
- Niamh Cusack (born 1959), Irish actress, daughter of Cyril Cusack
- Niamh Emerson (born 1999), English hepathlete
- Niamh Fahey (born 1987), Irish footballer
- Niamh Farrelly (born 1999), Irish footballer
- Niamh Fisher-Black (born 2000), New Zealand professional racing cyclist
- Niamh Greene (born 1971), Irish writer
- Niamh Houston(born 1991), Northern Irish musician
- Niamh Kavanagh (born 1968), Irish singer and 1993 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
- Niamh Kelly (born 1995), Gaelic football player and Australian rules player
- Niamh Kilkenny (born 1989), Irish camogie player
- Niamh Kindlon (born 1981), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Niamh McCann (born 1971), Irish sculptor and visual artist
- Niamh McCarthy (born 1994), Irish Paralympic discus thrower
- Niamh McGrady (born 1983), Northern Irish actress
- Niamh McGrath, camogie player
- Niamh Mulcahy, camogie player
- Niamh Ní Charra, Irish fiddler, concertina player and singer
- Niamh Nic Daéid, Irish forensic scientist
- Niamh O’Connor, writer, journalist and novelist
- Niamh Parsons, traditional Irish singer
- Niamh Perry (born 1990), Irish singer and actress
- Niamh Marie Redmond, Miss Ireland 1996
- Niamh Reid Burke (born 1991), Irish footballer
- Niamh Rippin (born 1994), British artistic gymnast
- Niamh Sharkey Irish children's author
- Niamh Smyth (born 1978), Irish politician
- Niamh Uí Bhriain (born 1970), Irish activist
- Niamh Walsh, Irish actress
- Niamh Whelan (born 1990), Irish sprinter
- Niamh Wilson (born 1997), Canadian actress
Neve, Neave, or Nieve
- Nieve Jennings (born 1987), Scottish model
- Neve McIntosh (born 1972), Scottish actress
- Neve Gayford (born 2018), daughter of Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Neave Brown (1929-2018), American-British architect
- Neve Campbell (born 1973), Canadian actress (Neve was also the maiden name of her Dutch mother)
Fictional
Characters
- Niamh, wife of Slaine Mac Roth in the 2000 AD comic series Sláine
- Niamh, in the book Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
- Niamh, in the ABC2 show Please Like Me
- Niamh, in the movie Dark Touch
- Niamh, in the book The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
- Niamh, in the Sesame Street spin-off Power of We Club
- Niamh Brodie, deceased sister of Jackson Brodie in the book Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
- Niamh Cassidy, in the soap opera Fair City
- Niamh Cranitch, in the BBC legal drama, Silk
- Niamh Connolly, in Channel 4 TV series Father Ted
- Niamh Donoghue, in the BBC 1 series Doctors
- Niamh Fairbrother, in the book The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
- Professor Niamh Fitzgerald, from the video game Hogwarts Legacy
- Niamh the Invitation Party, in the book series Rainbow Magic
- Niamh O’Connor (character), minor character in the soap opera Emmerdale
- Niamh O'Hare, in the Irish TV series Hope Street
- Niamh Reid, in the TV3 series Red Rock
- Ebba/Niamh Rose, known as Rose, main character in the book East by Edith Pattou
- Niamh Quigley, in the BBC Television programme Ballykissangel
Places
- The Niamh Passes, a set of mountain passes located in the world of Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time
Other uses of the name
- LÉ Niamh (P52), a ship in the Irish Naval Service
See also
- List of Irish-language given names
- Neve (disambiguation)
- Nia (given name)
- Nieves
- All pages with titles beginning with Niamh
- All pages with titles containing Niamh
- All pages with titles beginning with Neve
- All pages with titles beginning with Nieve
- All pages with titles beginning with Neave
References
- ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- ^ Niamh in Ó Dónaill, Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (1977), accessed 8 August 2020
- ^ Niamh (behindthename.com) (accessed 8 August 2020), Neave (babynamesofireland.com), MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Neve (mfnames.com) Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Niamh Maire Fitzgerald in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958". Ancestry.com.
- ^ "Niamh O'Connell in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958". Ancestry.com.
- ^ "Niamh Máire Nic Ghearailt in the Web: Ireland, Census, 1911". Ancestry.com. 1911. Retrieved 26 December 2018.