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Niamh pulley Pronunciation Irish: [ˈniː.əv] or /ˈniːv/ Gender feminine Language(s) Irish Origin Word/Name Ireland Meaning bright Niamh (Irish pronunciation: [ˈniːəv], with two syllables) is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "bright" or "radiant".[1] Niav Neve, Neave, Neeve and Nieve are anglicised and phonetically spelled forms of the name. [2] The Old Irish spelling is Niaṁ.
In Irish mythology, Niamh was a goddess, the daughter of the god of the sea and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth. She was the lover of the poet-hero Oisín.
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Women named Niamh
- Niamh Bhreathnach (born 1945), Irish Minister for Education from 1993 until 1997
- Niamh Cosgrave (born 1964), Irish politician
- Niamh Coyle, camogie player
- Niamh Cusack (born 1959), Irish actress and daughter of the late Irish actor Cyril Cusack
- Niamh Earnshaw, English child actress
- Niamh Fahey (born 1987), Irish female international football defender
- Niamh Kavanagh (born 1968), Irish singer and 1993 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
- Niamh McGrady, Northern Irish actress
- Niamh Mulcahy, camogie player
- Niamh Parsons, traditional Irish singer
- Niamh Perry (born 1990), Irish singer and actress
- Niamh Marie Redmond, Miss Ireland 1996
- Niamh Wilson, (born 1997) Canadian actress
Women named Neve or Nieve
- Nieve Jennings (born 1987), Scottish model
- Neve McIntosh (born 1972), Scottish actress
- Canadian actress Neve Campbell's name (pronounced /ˈnɛv/) came from her mother's maiden name, and is of Dutch – Sephardic Jewish origin; the resemblance of her name to Niamh is coincidental
Characters
- Niamh Cassidy in the soap opera Fair City
- Niamh, wife of Slaine Mac Roth in the 2000 AD comic series Sláine
- Niamh Quigley in the BBC Television programme Ballykissangel
- Niamh O'Connor minor character in the soap opera Emmerdale
- Niamh, character in the book Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier
- Niamh Cranitch, character in the BBC legal drama, Silk
- Niamh Connolly, character in Channel 4 TV series Father Ted
- Niamh Brodie, deceased sister of character Jackson Brodie in the book Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Other uses of the name
- LÉ Niamh (P52), a ship in the Irish Naval Service
See also
- List of Irish-language given names
- All pages beginning with "Niamh"
- All pages beginning with "Neve"
- All pages beginning with "Nieve"
References
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- Irish-language given names
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