# Neff

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /nɛf/ · frequency rank #41,274

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a German, Alemannic German and Jewish surname, from the noun Neffe (“nephew”).
* Americanized variant of Naff.
* As a Dutch surname, variant of Neve, related to the nephew sense above.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McNeff, McNiff.

## Easily confused with
- **new** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-new)
- **net** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-net)
- **NFL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-nfl)
- **NFC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-nfc)
- **NES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-nes)
- **NSF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-nsf)
- **neg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-neg)
- **ney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-ney)
- **NEX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-nex)
- **NFS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-nfs)
- **ner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-ner)
- **nep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-nep)
- **NEH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-neh)
- **neu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-neu)
- **next** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-next)
- **news** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-news)
- **Neil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-neil)
- **nest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-nest)
- **nets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-nets)
- **nerd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neff-vs-nerd)

## Common misspellings (4)
`enff`, `nef`, `nfef`, `nneff`

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