# Neave

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /niːv/ · frequency rank #79,788

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A male or female given name.
3. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States.

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* A variant of the English surname Neve.
* Variant of Nevay, a Scottish habitational surname.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/neave