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{{Infobox given name
| name          = Niamh
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|lang|n|iː|v|,_|ˈ|n|iː|ə|v}} {{respell|NEEV|,_|NEE|əv}}<ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref><br />{{IPA|ga|n̠ʲiəw|lang}}
| gender        = feminine
| meaning       = bright, radiant 
| region        = Ireland
| language      = Irish
| origin        = [[Ireland]]
| derived       = 
| related names = [[Nia (given name)|Nia]]
| popularity    = number 21 in Northern Ireland, 30 in Ireland, 39 in Scotland and 81 in England and Wales.
| footnotes     = 
}}
'''Niamh''' ({{IPA|ga|n̠ʲiəw|lang}}; from  [[Old Irish]] {{lang|sga|Niaṁ}}) is an [[Irish language|Irish]] feminine [[given name]] (meaning "bright" or "radiant"),<ref>[http://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/niamh Niamh] in Ó Dónaill, ''Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla'' (1977), accessed 8 August 2020</ref> [[Anglicisation|anglicised]] as '''Neve''', '''Nieve''', '''Neave''', '''Neavh''' or '''Neeve'''.<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/niamh Niamh (behindthename.com)] (accessed 8 August 2020),
[http://www.babynamesofireland.com/neave Neave (babynamesofireland.com)],
[http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/n/origin-and-meaning-of-neve.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Neve (mfnames.com)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304161820/http://www.mfnames.com/fnames/n/origin-and-meaning-of-neve.htm |date=2012-03-04 |accessdate=}}</ref>

In [[Irish mythology]], [[Niamh (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 of Ireland, 1911|census.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=BXB21&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&qh=VQi%2ByoMjKBRZVUWMFiR0PQ%3D%3D&db=FSIrelandCivRegBirth&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Niamh&gsfn_x=1&msbdy=1911&MSAV=1&uidh=e64&pcat=34&fh=0&h=6741875&recoff=&ml_rpos=1|title=Niamh Maire Fitzgerald in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958|website=Ancestry.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=BXB22&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&qh=VQi%2ByoMjKBRZVUWMFiR0PQ%3D%3D&db=FSIrelandCivRegBirth&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Niamh&gsfn_x=1&msbdy=1911&MSAV=1&uidh=e64&pcat=34&fh=1&h=6830314&recoff=&ml_rpos=2|title=Niamh O'Connell in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958|website=Ancestry.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=vxa17&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=websearch-4050&gsfn=Niamh&gsfn_x=1&new=1&rank=1&redir=false&uidh=e64&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&h=14833194&recoff=&ml_rpos=1|title=Niamh Máire Nic Ghearailt in the Web: Ireland, Census, 1911 |date=1911 |website=Ancestry.com|access-date=26 December 2018 }}</ref>

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==People with the given name==

===Niamh===
*[[Niamh Algar]] (born 1992), Irish actress
*[[Niamh Bhreathnach]] (born 1945), Irish Minister for Education, 1993–97
*[[Niamh Blackshaw]] (born 1998), 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 (Irish artist)|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 ===
*[[Nieve Ella]] (born 2003), English singer
*[[Nieve Jennings]] (born 1987), Scottish model
*[[Neve McIntosh]] (born 1972), Scottish actress
*Neve Gayford (born 2018), daughter of [[Jacinda Ardern]], former Prime Minister of New Zealand
*[[Neave Brown]] (1929-2018), American-British architect
*[[Neve Campbell]] (born 1973), Canadian actress (Neve was also the maiden name of her Dutch mother)

==Fictional==
===Characters===
*Niamh, wife of Slaine Mac Roth in the ''2000 AD'' comic series ''[[Sláine (comics)|Sláine]]''
*Niamh, in the book ''[[Son of the Shadows]]'' by Juliet Marillier
*Niamh, in the ABC2 show ''[[Please Like Me]]''
*Niamh, in the movie ''[[Dark Touch]]''
*Niamh, in the book ''[[The Kaiju Preservation Society]]'' by John Scalzi
*Niamh, in the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' spin-off ''Power of We Club''
*Niamh Brodie, deceased sister of Jackson Brodie in the book ''[[Case Histories]]'' by Kate Atkinson
*[[Niamh Cassidy]], in the soap opera ''Fair City''
*Niamh Cranitch, in the BBC legal drama, ''[[Silk (TV series)|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]]'' by JK Rowling
*Professor Niamh Fitzgerald, from the video game ''[[Hogwarts Legacy]]''
*Niamh the Invitation Fairy, 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 (TV series)|Hope Street]]''
*Niamh Power, birth name of protagonist in ''Orphan Train'', novel by ''[[Christina Baker Kline]]''
*Niamh Reid, in the TV3 series ''[[Red Rock (TV series)|Red Rock]]''
*Ebba/Niamh Rose, known as Rose, main character in the book ''[[East (novel)|East]]'' by Edith Pattou
*Niamh Quigley, in the BBC Television programme ''[[Ballykissangel]]''
*Niamh Keenan, Famous Irish Cardiac surgeon

===Places===
*The Niamh Passes, a set of mountain passes located in the [[The World of the Wheel|world]] of [[Robert Jordan]]'s epic fantasy series ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''

==Other uses of the name==
*[[LÉ Niamh (P52)]], a ship in the Irish Naval Service
<!--*[[NIAMH]], The Northern Ireland Association for Mental Heath-->

==See also==
*[[List of Irish-language given names]]
*[[Neave (disambiguation)]]
*[[Neve (disambiguation)]]
*[[Nieve (disambiguation)]]
*[[Nia (given name)]]
*[[Nieves]]
*{{srt}}
*{{lookfrom|Neve}}
*{{lookfrom|Nieve}}
*{{lookfrom|Neave}}

==References==
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[[Category:Irish-language feminine given names]]
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