Neve Family History
Neve Name Meaning
English Dutch North German Danish and Swedish: relationship name from Middle English Middle Dutch Middle Low German neve ‘nephew’. The word was also used in later Middle English for a wastrel spendthrift or parasite. Compare Dutch Neef German Neff and English Nephew ; see also 4 below. Italian Portuguese and Galician: from neve ‘snow’ (from Latin nix genitive nivis) applied as a nickname for a white-haired or very pale-complexioned person and also used as a personal name (compare 3 below). Italian: from a short form of the Marian title Madonna della Neve ‘Mary of the Snows’ (see Nieves ). French (mainly Nord; Nève): relationship name of Flemish origin from Middle Dutch neve ‘nephew’ (see 1 above). French (Nève): habitational name from the placename En Nève which is from a misdivision of En ève ‘in water’ (modern standard French en eau).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022