Niamh

Pronunciation	Neev
Gender	feminine
Language(s)	Irish
Word/name	Ireland
Meaning	bright, radiant
Region of origin	Irish gaelic
Alternative spelling	Neve
Popularity	see popular names

Niamh (Irish pronunciation: [ˈniːəv], from Old Irish Niaṁ) is an Irish feminine given name (meaning "bright" or "radiant"),anglicised as Neve or Neave /ˈniːv/.

In Irish mythology, Niamh is the daughter of the god of the sea, Manannán mac Lir and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth. She was the lover of the poet-hero Oisín.

Neave (variants Neeve, Neve, Neaf, Niave, Neaves, Neeves, Niaves) is an unrelated English surname cognate to the word . The form Neve is also used as a Dutch and Flemish surname. The given name of Canadian actress Neve Campbell is derived from the Dutch surname, her mother's maiden name.

The name is not to be confused with the now-uncommon masculine given name , , meaning "blessed" or "saint" (also rarely used as a given name).

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