Niamh

Niamh
Niamh pulley
Pronunciation Irish: [ˈniː.əv] or /ˈniːv/
Gender feminine
Language(s) Irish
Origin
Word/Name Ireland
Meaning bright

Niamh (Irish pronunciation: [ˈniːəv], with two syllables) is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "bright" or "radiant".[1] Niav Neve, Neave, Neeve and Nieve are anglicised and phonetically spelled forms of the name. [2] The Old Irish spelling is Niaṁ.

In Irish mythology, Niamh was a goddess, the daughter of the god of the sea and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth. She was the lover of the poet-hero Oisín.

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Women named Niamh

Women named Neve or Nieve

  • Canadian actress Neve Campbell's name (pronounced /ˈnɛv/) came from her mother's maiden name, and is of Dutch – Sephardic Jewish origin; the resemblance of her name to Niamh is coincidental

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
  • Niamh O'Connor 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

Other uses of the name

See also

  • List of Irish-language given names
  • All pages beginning with "Niamh"
  • All pages beginning with "Neve"
  • All pages beginning with "Nieve"

References

  1. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Niamh
  2. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Neve

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