Neville Family History
Neville Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Neuville in Calvados or Néville in Seine-Maritime France both so called from Old French neu(f) ‘new’ (from Latin novus) + ville ‘settlement’. Irish (Munster): assimilation of the Gaelic name Ó Niadh (see Nee ) and sometimes of Ó Cnaimhín (see Nevin ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022