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Niven

What does Niven mean?

Niven Pronunciation of Niven as a boys' name has its root in Latin, and the name Niven means "holy, sacred; little bone; servant of the saint's disciple". Niven is a variant form of Nevin (Latin).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ni-, -en

ASSOCIATED WITH little, servant, saint

Variations

VARIANTS Nevon, Neven, Nevan

RELATIONS VIA NEVIN Nev, Nevins

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Nien, ..

(female) Nivna, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Niven Omar (N.O.), ..

How popular is Niven?

Niven is an uncommonly occurring given name for males but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#19272 out of 150436, Top 13%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Nevan and Nevin (#1958 LAST YEAR) are the prominent related forms of Niven (OUTSIDE TOP 2000). Other forms, like Nevins, are uncommon. These forms of Niven were favored by parents 14 years ago (MEDIAN #1446) and have become significantly less conventional since. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Nevan, Nevin in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Niven and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Niven is alike in pronunciation to Navon. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aiden, Aiken, Airen, Alven, Beven, Biren, Daven, Deven, Eiden, Elven, Even, Gaven, Girven, Haven, Irven, Iven, Jeven, Keven, Naren, Niel, Nigel, Nijel, Nile, Niles, Nisan, Nixon, Nolen, Novena, Raven, Rien, Simen, Sven, Teven, Vivien and Ziven. These names tend to be more commonly used than Niven.

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