Nivek
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Nivek by the numbers
Nivek was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Nivek
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 Nivek. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nivenlittle bone; from gaelic naoimh4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nived11 in the US (2017)
- Nigeldark, black; from Nigellus148 in the US (2017)
- Nilesriver Nile; of the Nile valley65 in the US (2017)
- Narekfiery, ardent29 in the US (2017)
- Nivinlittle bright one; diminutive of Niamh4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Nivek
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