Nevada

A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning snow-covered.

Babies a year
43
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Nevada by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Nevada. In the US, 43 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 60 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Nevaya11 in the US (2017)
  • Nealaa form of Niamh; bright, radiant19 in the US (2017)
  • Nevenaneveina; snowy or wintry9 in the US (2017)
  • Nelidahorn; a form of Cornelia7 in the US (2017)
  • Neldaborn at night; a form of Neldwyn5 in the US (2017)
  • Nevaeh3,562 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean snow or ice

Like Nevada, each of these has snow or ice in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Wynterwinter season; modern spelling of Winter489 in the US (2017)
  • Eirasnow112 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nevasnow; from Neva River94 in the US (2017)
  • Nevesnow; from nix nevis80 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yukisnow36 in the US (2017)
  • Kristalclear ice or crystal; a variant of Crystal32 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nevada

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