Nimue
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in England and Wales.
Nimue by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Nimue. In the US, 5 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 9 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Nimue
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 Nimue. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nievesnow; a form of Nieves20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nixiewater sprite, mermaid; a form of Nix8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nimahblessing, benefit, favour19 in the US (2017)
- Nicteflower10 in the US (2017)
- Niobesnowy, feeble; daughter of tantalus in mythology5 in the US (2017)
- Nikte9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nimue
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