Is ‘Neev’ a nice name for a baby boy

Going a bit against the grain. If there’s another name you like I’d go with that because kids can be cruel and a boy with a girls name can be bullied - thinking especially in secondary school. Lots of things you can’t avoid but I’d probably not give him that name

I love the name for a boy!

OK, maybe outside of Ireland then. I wouldn't pronounce Neve anything like Niamh.

I think it's lovely.

It’s a lovely name. Kids don’t get teased for names much these days (teacher) and there’s a Neev at my school of Indian heritage. It’s not an issue at all - it’s a perfectly nice and normal name.

In my experience in London, no.

(My daughter has a traditional female Welsh name. Her best friend's younger brother has a traditional Indian boys name. They are both shortened to the same three-letter nickname (which is also a Jewish boys name, to add to the confusion!) No-one - as far as I know - has ever said anything about this!

In short: I think in London it's fine and it's a lovely name!

No it's not particularly nice.

I am South Asian heritage and live in London too - it’s absolutely fine in this area. I know two boys and one girl with the same name - I didn’t realise it was a unisex name until I met the girl. It’s a beautiful name, easy to read and impossible to pronounce wrong.

Despite being born and brought up in London, I didn’t know the name Niamh until I was an adult - it’s just what you are exposed to. Anyone seeing Neev with an Indian surname won’t blink

What about Neem?

I know lots who spell it Neve

It's quite overused as the girls name, so I'd avoid it especially with the different spelling and that it's for a boy. But if you really like it, go for it for the same reasons, different spelling and for a boy. I'd rather have a name that is it's own and not compared to something.

Love it - it’s a gorgeous name.

I know an Indian girl called Neive. It will just cause confusion. I am British Indian and I would suggest Neevan to avoid confusion.

I really like it. I would worry slightly that he’ll end up at school with a Niamh and other children sniggering about him having a girls name.

i mentioned it elsewhere I met a boy named Octave last week… fucking Octave!!!!

I used to have a neighbour called Octave. Lovely bloke, he was from the Caribbean islands & I think he’d be in his 70s now.

Isn't that just a completely different name?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neve_Campbell

I don't think Niamh is ever spelt Neve. And I think people will raise Neev is an Indian name and that will be that.

Er, I think Star would raise a lot of eyebrows, and is pretty unusual.

I'm a teacher- I wouldn't bat an eyelid especially with it having an Indian surname too, I think its a lovely name. And I agree about it being an easy to pronounce, easy to spell name for an English person- some poor children spend their entire lives correcting people or ending up with a mispronounced name due to cultural differences

It's lovely. Easily pronounced, easy to spell. I'm also recalling back in the early 2000's that there was a man in my office with that name. Not sure if it was spelt the same, but I can remember the name.

Before reading this thread, I assumed from the thread title that Neev was an alternate spelling of the name Niamh.
If I had seen the name written down (even with an Indian surname) I would have assumed it was a girls name.
However, my assumptions would quickly have been corrected upon coming across an Indian boy called Neev and I wouldn’t have questioned it again.
Other than the odd assumption someone might make, I don’t think u have anything to worry about! Kids will meet your child as a boy called Neev, and won’t think anything more of it. It’s a nice name!

I think it's fine too.
Yes, you will probably get some comments about it sounding like a girl's name, as evidenced by this thread, but particularly with you living in a city where there are bound to be children from a wide range of different cultural backgrounds I wouldn't expect most people to bat an eyelid. If it was a girl's name I think more people would assume it was a misspelling of Niamh but I don't think that will be an issue for a boy, especially as you say he'll have a surname that's obviously of Indian origin. Most people will figure out it's an Indian boy's name fairly quickly!
I wouldn't worry about what other people think too much anyway. There'll always be someone who criticises your choices - too unusual, too common, too modern, too old fashioned, "out there" or boring...you can't please all of the people all of the time so best to just please yourself! B3it for what it's worth, I think it's nice.

He'll be fine.

I thinknjtbwill be very obvious that he isn't a Niamh.

My friend is from Mumbai, he and his wife named their son Neev and he is gorgeous. It's a lovely name, easy to spell and say. And if you like it, that's all that matters 🖤