Niamh
Appearance
Pronunciation | Irish: [ˈniː.əv] or /ˈniːv/ |
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Gender | feminine |
Language(s) | Irish |
Origin | |
Word/name | Ireland |
Meaning | bright |
Niamh (Irish pronunciation: [ˈniːəv], with two syllables) is an Irish feminine given name meaning "bright" in Irish.[1] A variant form is Niav. Neve, Neave, Neeve and Nieve are anglicised forms of the name.[2]
In Irish mythology (e.g. Tír na nÓg), Niamh was the daughter of the god of the sea.
Women named Niamh
- Niamh Bhreathnach, Irish Minister for Education from 1993 until 1997
- Niamh Cosgrave, Irish politician
- Niamh Cusack, Irish actress and daughter of the late Irish actor Cyril Cusack
- Niamh Earnshaw, English child actress
- Niamh Kavanagh, Irish singer and 1993 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
- Niamh Parsons, traditional Irish singer
- Niamh Perry, Irish singer and actress
- Niamh Marie Redmond, Miss Ireland 1996
Women named Neve or Nieve
- Nieve Jennings, Scottish model
- Neve McIntosh, Scottish actress
- Canadian actress Neve Campbell's name (Template:Pron-en) came from her mother's maiden name, and is of Dutch – Sephardic Jewish origin; the resemblance of her name to Niamh is coincidental.
Fictional characters
- Niamh Cassidy in the soap opera Fair City
- Niamh, wife of Slaine Mac Roth in the 2000 AD comic series Sláine
- Niamh Quigley in the BBC Television programme Ballykissangel
Other uses of the name
- LÉ Niamh (P52), a ship in the Irish Naval Service
- NIAMH The Northern Ireland Assosiation for Mental Heath
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Niamh
- All pages with titles beginning with Neve
- All pages with titles beginning with Nieve