The neve Surname
neve Name Meaning and History
- English, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish: from Middle English, Old Norse, Middle Dutch neve ‘nephew’, presumably denoting the nephew of some great personage.
- French (Nève): Lyonnais habitational name from the Rhône place name En Nève, which derives from misdivision of En ève ‘in water’ (modern standard French en eau).
- Italian: from the personal name Neve, which may be from neve ‘snow’ (Latin nix, genitive nivis), possibly denoting a white-haired or very pale-complexioned person, or, according to Caracausi, may be a variant of the personal name Neves, from the Marian epithet Madonna della Neve or Maria Santissima ad nives ‘Mary of the Snows’.
- Portuguese and Galician: from neve ‘snow’. Compare 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Neve from Mattishall. Norfolk |
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| Betty Neve(Nee) | Lisa Davy | 2 |
| William NEVE of Wittersham, Kent |
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| Neve family in Brighton and Hastings, England |
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