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Not to be confused with
Naomh .
Niamh (Irish: [n̠ʲiəw] Old Irish Niaṁ Irish feminine given name (meaning "bright" or "radiant"),[2] anglicised as Neve , Nieve , Neave , Neavh or Neeve .[3]
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 . The first recorded use of Niamh (that spelling) as a given name in modern Ireland was in 1911, when two children were registered with the name and when a Niamh was listed in that year's census. [4] [5] [6]
People with the given name [ edit ]
Niamh Algar (born 1992), Irish actress
Niamh Bhreathnach (born 1945), Irish Minister for Education, 1993–97
Niamh Blackshaw (born 1999), English actress
Niamh Brennan (born 1954), Irish academic
Niamh Briggs (born 1984), captain of Ireland's women's rugby team, 2015 Six Nations Champions
Niamh Campbell , Irish author
Niamh Charles (born 1999), English footballer
Niamh Cosgrave (born 1964), Irish politician
Niamh Coyle , camogie player
Niamh Coyne (born 2001), Irish swimmer
Niamh Cusack (born 1959), Irish actress, daughter of Cyril Cusack
Niamh Emerson (born 1999), English hepathlete
Niamh Fahey (born 1987), Irish footballer
Niamh Farrelly (born 1999), Irish footballer
Niamh Fisher-Black (born 2000), New Zealand professional racing cyclist
Niamh Greene (born 1971), Irish writer
Niamh Houston (born 1991), Northern Irish musician
Niamh Kavanagh (born 1968), Irish singer and 1993 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
Niamh Kelly (born 1995), Gaelic football player and Australian rules player
Niamh Kilkenny (born 1989), Irish camogie player
Niamh Kindlon (born 1981), Irish Gaelic footballer
Niamh McCann (born 1971), Irish sculptor and visual artist
Niamh McCarthy (born 1994), Irish Paralympic discus thrower
Niamh McGrady (born 1983), Northern Irish actress
Niamh McGrath , camogie player
Niamh Mulcahy , camogie player
Niamh Ní Charra , Irish fiddler, concertina player and singer
Niamh Nic Daéid , Irish forensic scientist
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 Reid Burke (born 1991), Irish footballer
Niamh Rippin (born 1994), British artistic gymnast
Niamh Sharkey Irish children's author
Niamh Smyth (born 1978), Irish politician
Niamh Uí Bhriain (born 1970), Irish activist
Niamh Walsh , Irish actress
Niamh Whelan (born 1990), Irish sprinter
Niamh Wilson (born 1997), Canadian actress
Neve, Neave, or Nieve [ edit ]
Fictional [ edit ]
Characters [ edit ]
Niamh, wife of Slaine Mac Roth in the 2000 AD comic series Sláine
Niamh, in the book Son of the Shadows
Niamh, in the ABC2 show Please Like Me
Niamh, in the movie Dark Touch
Niamh, in the book The Kaiju Preservation Society
Niamh, in the Sesame Street Power of We Club
Niamh Brodie, deceased sister of Jackson Brodie in the book Case Histories
Niamh Cassidy , in the soap opera Fair City
Niamh Cranitch, in the BBC legal drama, Silk
Niamh Connolly, in Channel 4 TV series Father Ted
Niamh Donoghue , in the BBC 1 series Doctors
Niamh Fairbrother, in the book The Casual Vacancy
Professor Niamh Fitzgerald, from the video game Hogwarts Legacy
Niamh the Invitation Party, in the book series Rainbow Magic
Niamh O’Connor (character) , minor character in the soap opera Emmerdale
Niamh O'Hare, in the Irish TV series Hope Street
Niamh Reid, in the TV3 series Red Rock
Ebba/Niamh Rose, known as Rose, main character in the book East
Niamh Quigley, in the BBC Television programme Ballykissangel
Other uses of the name [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Niamh in Ó Dónaill, Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (1977), accessed 8 August 2020
^ Niamh (behindthename.com) (accessed 8 August 2020),
Neave (babynamesofireland.com) ,
MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Neve (mfnames.com) Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Niamh Maire Fitzgerald in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958" . Ancestry.com .
^ "Niamh O'Connell in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958" . Ancestry.com .
^ "Niamh Máire Nic Ghearailt in the Web: Ireland, Census, 1911" . Ancestry.com . 1911. Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
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