Niamh or Neve????

[plumblusher]

Although I like the Name Niamh/Neve, the spelling of it I've always thought a bit strange (as a child trying to sound it out to spell at school). Does anyone know a Neve spelt this way? Cos I quite like Isla Neve.

I know someone with a Neve, and have always thought "did you not realise how to spell it properly, or are you trying to be different?" Names like this bug me...I also know of a Shivvon at ds's school. Seriously!

I know a child (aged 6) whose middle name is Neve.

Niamh.
There seems to be a real trend at the moment of spelling Irish names in more "cool" ways. Just spell them the way they have been for years or choose another name.

Neve just makes it appear like you can't spell, don't do that!

No it's definitely not an 'Irish accent thing', the name has two syllables.

If you think of the name Ryan, you don?t pronounce it Ryne, it?s RY-un.

Niamh is similar in that it has a soft but distinct second syllable. It would appear that some hear the second syllable as uv and some as ve. Trying to convey how syllables sound can be quite difficult taking accents and regional differences into account but this is how I can best describe it.

The pronunciation Neev doesn?t fill me with horror but it always feels a bit ?off? to my ears.

I also have pronunciation problems with names from other cultures. For example, I like the name Camille, I?d pronounce it Kah-meel, although I?m aware this is wrong and French people are more likely to pronounce in Kah-mee. But the Kah-mee pronunciation feels a bit staged in my non French voice.

Niamh

Went to college in Ireland with a 'Niav' pronounced Niamh. Parents were exotic

I think they're both variants of the same name, squoosh.

Frank McCourt pronounces both versions