Meaning of the Irish name Niamh. Listen and learn how to pronounce Niamh so you can get the correct pronunciation for this Irish girl name.
MEANING: niamh “radiance, lustre, brightness.” The daughter of the sea god Manannan she was known as “Niamh of the Golden Hair,” a beautiful princess riding on a white horse. She fell in love with Fionn’s son Oisin (read the legend of Niamh and Oisin) and lived with him in Tir-na-nOg (“Land of the Young”) (read the legend) where 300 years passed in what seemed like three weeks. In 2003 it was the eleventh most popular baby girl’s name in Ireland.
GENDER: Girl | Female
IRISH NAME: Niamh
PRONUNCIATION: nee + iv” or “neev”
ENGLISH: Neave, Niav
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My name is Niamh no one in my school has this name so it makes me feal special! I ❤️ My self because of my name, I am so glad my parents named me that! ❤️
My name is Niamh and I am proud of it.
my sisters name is niamh its nice
I am due a baby girl in January 2015 and she will be called Niamh. I just love the name and have for years.
We like to have different spellings to names, i am Kirsteen, our sons are Kierhyn and Aedan.
its good to be different, makes you stand out! X
Nieve is a much better name! Niamh is spelt weird and most people pronounce it wrong plus it is a little bit too common. My name is Nieve and no one has ever mispronounced my name. It means Snow in Spanish and so if you want to name your daughter something a little unusual, not too popular but not too weird or difficult to spell or say and something that means a beautiful, graceful but yet strong, Nieve is THE PERFECT NAME! Honestly though I totally adore my name and to be honest it really suits me…
Niamh is such a pretty looking name aswell. as how its pronounced!
My name is Niamh and I despise it when people call me ‘Nee-iv’ – it’s ‘NEEV’ Haha… much more pretty and soft sounding..
My grand daughter’s name is Niamh and she is a bright light in our lives, she was born yesterday.
Thank so much my names Niamh aswell and everyone always struggles to say and spell my name
Yes people can’t pronounce the name niamh but thats what’s great! It means the name niamh is unique and awesome and people can’t spell or say the name. I find it amusing as they struggle even tho I have to say it a thousand times.
Also cos the name niamh is beautiful and soft I love my name even tho I dont live up to the meaning
My name is Niamh!
It’s a beautiful name with an interesting history.
yes it is a beautiful name that is my name
Wow nice history but why spelled like that people say neeim
Bob its spelt like that because it comes from the Gaelic language which does not have a letter ‘v’ so the letters ‘mh’ together give the v sound.