Nieve
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning snow; a form of Nieves.
Babies a year
20
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1512
20 babies
Nieve by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Nieve. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nieve. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nevesnow; from nix nevis80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nievessnows; from Our Lady of the Snows7 in the US (2017)
- Neevebright; radiant; a form of niamh or neave4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Naeve3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Neavebright or radiant; a form of Niamh38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nixiewater sprite, mermaid; a form of Nix8 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean snow or ice
Like Nieve, each of these has snow or ice in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nieve
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