Niamh ([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 nephew. 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 Naomh, Naoimh, meaning "blessed" or "saint" (also rarely used as a given name).
Niamh Briggs, Captain of Ireland's women's rugby team, 2015 Six Nations Champions
Niamh Bhreathnach (born 1945), Irish Minister for Education from 1993 until 1997
Niamh Cosgrave (born 1964), Irish politician
Niamh Coyle, camogie player
Niamh Cusack (born 1959), Irish actress and daughter of the late actor Cyril Cusack
Niamh Fahey (born 1987), Irish female international football defender
Niamh Houston (born 1991), Northern Irish musician
Niamh Kavanagh (born 1968), Irish singer and 1993 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
Niamh McGrady, Northern Irish actress
Niamh Mulcahy, camogie player
Niamh O’Connor, writer, journalist and novelist
Niamh Parsons, traditional Irish singer
Niamh Perry (born 1990), Irish singer and actress
Niamh Marie Redmond, Miss Ireland 1996
Niamh Wilson (born 1997), Canadian actress
Nieve Jennings (born 1987), Scottish model
Neve McIntosh (born 1972), Scottish actress
Neve Campbell (born 1973), Scottish Canadian actress
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
Niamh O’Connor (character), minor character in the soap opera Emmerdale
Niamh, character in the book Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
Niamh Cranitch, character in the BBC legal drama, Silk
Niamh Connolly, character in Channel 4 TV series Father Ted
Niamh Brodie, deceased sister of character Jackson Brodie in the book Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Niamh Fairbrother, character in the book The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
Ebba/Niamh Rose, known as Rose, main character in the book East by Edith Pattou
Niamh, character in the ABC2 show Please Like Me
Niamh, character in the movie Dark Touch
Niamh Reid, character in the TV3 series Red Rock
Niamh Donoghue, character that was in the BBC 1 series Doctors
LÉ Niamh (P52), a ship in the Irish Naval Service
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