Nivea

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
30
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nivea by the numbers

Nivea was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 92 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Nivea

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 Nivea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nivanew or fresh15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Niveah9 in the US (2017)
  • Navyayoung; new; fresh26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nityaeternal; perpetual; constant10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nievesnow; a form of Nieves20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Noheahandsome, beautiful, fine20 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nivea

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