Is ‘Neev’ a nice name for a baby boy

Neville? Really? No…. Nobody could look at a gorgeous newborn baby boy and say “Dear little baby Neville.” They’re all born 70 years old. Just like Barry.

Fgs.

The OP is three short paragraphs. How can you "miss it"?

No. Neeve is a girl.
Call him Neville or Nevan - Nev
Indian ..how about ..
Rishi - it would be a name of the baby's era
Devinder - Dev
Preet
Mahatma - Ghandi

I wouldn’t, as Niamh is popular and seems to be getting more so. Phonetic versions like Neve also crop up.

It’s not so much that he’d be bullied, as he’ll spend a lot of his life meeting people who are expecting to meet a woman. I imagine this will get old fast, and he’ll be ‘mum could you not have thought of something else’ etc.

I think it wouldn’t have been an issue 10 years ago when Niamh wasn’t especially popular.

I used to know a man called Neave, and that's how he spelt it. I think it's nice.

I think kids today are much more used to unusual names than when I was at school many years ago and all Jane, Sharon, Peter, Paul type names. Do they really get bullied for having a different name nowadays?

DD had a Neev (Harneev, I think, but always known as Neev) in her primary school class. I never even thought of Niamh, actually, and as far as I know he did not have any name-related problems at school. We are in London, too.

I thinknthe issue you will find is that it is commonly known as a girls name here, spelt Niamh. If people see it written they may think you have spelt it wrong or they may expect a girl rather than a boy. For those reasons I probably wouldn't. However, your son will physically show his Indian heritage and so it might all just make more sense. It's obviously up to you but I wpuld be inclined to go for another Indian name that isn't going to cause the difficulties above. I'm sure there are lots of nice ones.

Star is quite common now I doubt that would raise much of an eyebrow nowadays. There’s a fabulous figure skater called Starr Andrews.

My first thought on seeing the thread title was the girls name Niamh, but if you’ve got a very Indian surname then I’d think people would quickly guess that you’ve used an Indian boys name rather than a version of an Irish girls one.

And people do get used to names quickly as a general rule.

I don't think anyone should ever shy away from giving a child a name that reflects their cultural heritage - you just might have to accept that on hearing 'Neev' people in the UK will initially assume the individual's female, probably for Neev's whole life as it's unlikely to overtake Niamh in popularity.

But most people quickly get their heads around unusual names.

I like it on Catfish Nev and I think Neev with an Indian surname will show it’s cultural and not a mistake for Niamh.

I don’t think Niamh is common enough that it feels like a girls name either - it’s not like calling him Jane! And a lot of names are unisex and things like “Girl Charlie” and “Boy Charlie” come up a lot in classes with no issues.

I know it as a Jewish man's name. Very nice

It makes me sad that you want to choose a name that is easiest for others to pronounce rather than one you’d love. Can’t quite articulate why, perhaps the realisation that not many take the time to learn how to pronounce another’s name when it’s such an important part of your identity

I have a friend whose son has that name. They're Indian. I love the name. Never occurred to me that it is like Niamh in Irish. It's always suited him.

I love it, go for it :) I thought of Nev from catfish rather than an Irish girls name

Wow - rude!

The meaning of Neev is : Basic, Foundation, Groundwork, elementary, basis, rudimentary.
Gender Boy
Origin Indian
Religion Hindu

I think the only thing inappropriate here is what you just said. The op clearly says the Neev is an Indian boys name and they are originally from India. For what it’s worth OP I think the meaning of this name is lovely and if it reflects your culture than absolutely it’s a lovely name.

You'd be amazed at what kids get called nowadays OP and no one bats an eyelid, I don't think he'll be bullied. Neev is lovely, I'd not make assumptions on gender if he had an indian last name (would probably assume girl otherwise, but so what? There are male Kims and Hilary's, people quikcly get used to it!).

Go for it!

(P.S. UNLESS you live in ireland, that might give me pause for thought)

I know a fair few girls who are called Neeve. Spelled like that too, which is a bugbear of mine (if you're going to use a Gaelic name then at least spell it the proper way, Shanade, I am looking at you), so I can imagine people seeing it written down may think it's a girl at first, which could cause some problems on application forms?

I love it, it’s easy to pronounce, beautiful meaning behind it and the man who presented Catfish had the same name so I do think people know it as a unisex name.

I’m not sure we are even pronouncing Niamh correctly anyway, so I wouldn’t worry about that. Apparently it’s pronounced Nee-uv, which would mean we’re all saying it wrong 😂

The bullying thing - I’d imagine Star, Cookie and Rainbow Dash would be the targets for bullies tbf. I think a boy called Neev would be okay.

As someone with kids in a London school, you can call them pretty much anything you like and they won't get bullied for their name! My Indian friend named her son Rohan, if you want some other options.

I like it! But aren't most Indian names spelt in English phonetically anyway? So they should be easily pronounced.