Nevaan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nevaan by the numbers

Nevaan was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nevaan

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nevaan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nevanlittle saint; a form of Nevin5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nivaan40 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Navaan14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nevinlittle saint, holy60 in the US (2017)
  • Nirvaanenlightenment; liberation from cycle of rebirth25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nevensnowy or of the snow3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Nevaan

Names that are said the same way as Nevaan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Neevan3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Nevaan

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