How do you pronounce Neve?

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Registered: 01-18-2006
How do you pronounce Neve?
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Mon, 04-16-2007 - 5:56pm

How do you pronounce Neve?



  • Neev
  • Nev


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Registered: 09-29-2005
Mon, 04-16-2007 - 6:45pm

Wow! I'm surprised to be the only one to vote for NEEV so far! ;)

I view Neve as an Anglicization of Niamh 100%, so that pronunciation seemed a given. I'd assume some might be thinking of Neve Campbell, but in her case it was her mother's maiden name, so that really shouldn't affect how most would pronounce the actual given name Neve. That'd be like insisting the fn Louise should be said loo-ee or loo-is, rather than loo-EEZ, simply because you know a family with that surname that said it that way, KWIM?


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Registered: 01-18-2006
Mon, 04-16-2007 - 8:53pm
That's what I thought too, although I do kind of prefer the pronunciation Nev. Would you spell it Nev if you wanted to pronounce it that way or just spell it Neve?
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Registered: 09-29-2005
Mon, 04-16-2007 - 9:13pm

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Since you're not using the "Neve" spelling for any special reason (like Neve Campbell's), it might make sense for you to consider Nev. To be honest, I'd probably avoid Neve no matter which pronunciation I preferred -- Niamh (which I love ) or Nev -- since either of those makes more sense overall in my mind.


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Registered: 03-14-2007
Tue, 04-17-2007 - 11:14am

I also love Niamh, but I am scared to use it for fear that my child would spend her life telling people--probably the same people over and over--how to pronounce it if they saw it written down first, how to spell it if they heard it first, and that she would eventually grow to hate the name. I hope that I will raise a child that is more resilient and proud than that, but who knows?

The problem for me is probably solved by the fact that my best friend is planning to name her daughter Niv, and although we live far from each other these days, I wouldn't want our daughters to have such similar names.

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Registered: 03-29-2007
Wed, 04-18-2007 - 2:00pm
I spell it "Neeve".It loks better spelled that way, if you are going to pronounce it "Neeve", it is more phonetic.
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Registered: 03-20-2003
Wed, 04-18-2007 - 4:00pm

I pronounce it Neve because I associate it with the Spanish name Neva (means snow) and the French word for snow (neige) which are pronounced more like Nev than Neev.