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'''Nevan''' ({{lang-ga|Naomhán}}, {{IPA-ga|ˈn̪ˠiːwaːnˠ|pron}}; meaning "saintly, holy",<ref>{{cite web | title = Baby Names Encyclopedia| url= http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Nevan| accessdate = 2008-09-08 }}</ref><ref name="folk">{{cite web | last = Coghlan| first = Ronan | title = Irish First Names 2nd Edition | url= http://www.irelandseye.com/irish/traditional/names/first/nevan.shtm | accessdate = 2008-09-08 }}</ref> "little saint",<ref name="folk"/> or "follower of the saint"<ref name="nev">{{cite web| title = BabyNames| url= http://www.babynames.com/name/NEVAN | accessdate = 2008-09-08 }}{{Not verified in body|date=July 2021}}</ref>) was a saint in [[Irish folklore]] whose feast day was reputedly marked in mid-September.<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/names/men/naomhan-nevan.php| chapter = Naomhán | title = Irish Names and Surnames | publisher = M. H. Gill & Son | place = Dublin | last = Woulfe | first = Patrick | date = 1923 }}</ref> His name is rarely used as a given name for boys.<ref>{{cite web | title = BabyNames Country | url= http://www.babynamescountry.com/meanings/Nevan.html | accessdate = 2008-09-08 }}</ref>{{Not verified in body|date=July 2021}}
'''Nevan''' ({{lang-ga|Naomhán}}, {{IPA-ga|ˈn̪ˠiːwaːnˠ|pron}}; meaning "saintly, holy",<ref>{{cite web | title = Baby Names Encyclopedia| url= http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Nevan| accessdate = 2008-09-08 | website = babynamespedia.com }}</ref><ref name="folk">{{cite web | last = Coghlan| first = Ronan | title = Irish First Names 2nd Edition | url= http://www.irelandseye.com/irish/traditional/names/first/nevan.shtm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012193130/http://www.irelandseye.com/irish/traditional/names/first/nevan.shtm | archivedate = 12 October 2007 | via = irelandseye.com }}</ref> or "little saint"<ref name="folk"/><ref name="nev">{{cite web| website = babynames.com | title = Nevan | url= http://www.babynames.com/name/NEVAN | accessdate = 2008-09-08 }}</ref>) was a saint in [[Irish folklore]] whose feast day was reputedly marked in mid-September.<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/names/men/naomhan-nevan.php| chapter = Naomhán | title = Irish Names and Surnames | publisher = M. H. Gill & Son | place = Dublin | last = Woulfe | first = Patrick | date = 1923 }}</ref> In [[Geoffrey Keating|Seathrún Céitinn]]'s ''General History of Ireland'' (first published in 1723), Naomhán is described as the "son of Maolciarain, [[Primacy of Ireland|primate of Ireland]]".<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url = https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100054/text087.html | title = The History of Ireland |first = Geoffrey | last = Keating | chapter = Section 25. XXV | date = 1723 | quote = After this Naomhan, son of Maoilciarain, chief artificer of Ireland [..] died }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | jstor = community.29825285 | page = 506 | title = General History of Ireland | quote = After these outrages of the Danes, the pious Naomhán, son of Maolciarain, primate of Ireland, was translated to a better life | first = Geoffrey |last = Keating | date = 1820 | edition = 2nd }}</ref>

Sometimes associated with the surname [[MacNiven]],<ref>{{cite book | title = Late Medieval Monumental Sculpture in the West Highlands | first1 = K. A. |last1 = Steer | first2 = J. W. M. | last2 = Bannerman | first3 = G. H. |last3 = Collings | date = 1977 | isbn = 9780114913830 | publisher = Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | quote = Nevinus is the Latinised form of the Gaelic forename Naomhán, literally 'little saint or holy one', which appears in the well-known Argyll surname now generally written MacNiven }}</ref> the name is also sometimes used as a given name for boys.<ref>{{cite web | title = Nevan | website = BabyNames Country | url= http://www.babynamescountry.com/meanings/Nevan.html | accessdate = 2008-09-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = Collins Gem Irish First Names |page = 188 | first = Julia |last = Cresswell | date = 1996 | publisher= Harper Collins | isbn = 9780004709420 | quote = Nevan Naomhán m . Nevan means 'holy' and was the name of an Irish saint. There is also a surname Nevin [..] Nevin and Nevan as first names in the USA is more likely to derive from the surname}}</ref>


With a different origin, Nevan is also a popular [[Islamic name]] found throughout [[North Africa]], [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]], and the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nevan Name Meaning - Nevan Meaning & Definition|url=https://hamariweb.com/names/hindu/hindi/boy/nevan-meaning_30759|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Hamariweb.com|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What Does The Name Nevan Mean?|url=https://www.names.org/n/nevan/about|access-date=2021-05-17|website=The Meaning of Names|language=en}}</ref>
With a different origin, Nevan is also a popular [[Islamic name]] found throughout [[North Africa]], [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]], and the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nevan Name Meaning - Nevan Meaning & Definition|url=https://hamariweb.com/names/hindu/hindi/boy/nevan-meaning_30759|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Hamariweb.com|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What Does The Name Nevan Mean?|url=https://www.names.org/n/nevan/about|access-date=2021-05-17|website=The Meaning of Names|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Nevin (surname)]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:37, 15 January 2024

For the Canadian biologist, see Nevan Krogan.

Nevan (Template:Lang-ga, pronounced [ˈn̪ˠiːwaːnˠ]; meaning "saintly, holy",[1][2] or "little saint"[2][3]) was a saint in Irish folklore whose feast day was reputedly marked in mid-September.[4] In Seathrún Céitinn's General History of Ireland (first published in 1723), Naomhán is described as the "son of Maolciarain, primate of Ireland".[5][6]

Sometimes associated with the surname MacNiven,[7] the name is also sometimes used as a given name for boys.[8][9]

With a different origin, Nevan is also a popular Islamic name found throughout North Africa, Arabia, and the Indian subcontinent.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Baby Names Encyclopedia". babynamespedia.com. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
  2. ^ a b Coghlan, Ronan. "Irish First Names 2nd Edition". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007 – via irelandseye.com.
  3. ^ "Nevan". babynames.com. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
  4. ^ Woulfe, Patrick (1923). "Naomhán". Irish Names and Surnames. Dublin: M. H. Gill & Son.
  5. ^ Keating, Geoffrey (1723). "Section 25. XXV". The History of Ireland. After this Naomhan, son of Maoilciarain, chief artificer of Ireland [..] died
  6. ^ Keating, Geoffrey (1820). General History of Ireland (2nd ed.). p. 506. JSTOR community.29825285. After these outrages of the Danes, the pious Naomhán, son of Maolciarain, primate of Ireland, was translated to a better life
  7. ^ Steer, K. A.; Bannerman, J. W. M.; Collings, G. H. (1977). Late Medieval Monumental Sculpture in the West Highlands. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. ISBN 9780114913830. Nevinus is the Latinised form of the Gaelic forename Naomhán, literally 'little saint or holy one', which appears in the well-known Argyll surname now generally written MacNiven
  8. ^ "Nevan". BabyNames Country. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
  9. ^ Cresswell, Julia (1996). Collins Gem Irish First Names. Harper Collins. p. 188. ISBN 9780004709420. Nevan Naomhán m . Nevan means 'holy' and was the name of an Irish saint. There is also a surname Nevin [..] Nevin and Nevan as first names in the USA is more likely to derive from the surname
  10. ^ "Nevan Name Meaning - Nevan Meaning & Definition". Hamariweb.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. ^ "What Does The Name Nevan Mean?". The Meaning of Names. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

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