# Neville (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/neville/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “néel's estate”, “new settlement” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnɛvəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Nev |
| Variant spellings | Nevil, Nevile, Nevill, Neiville, Nevils, Newill |
| US babies named this | 2,418 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,343 / 75 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 113, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* A Norman baronial surname, de Neville, from place names in Normandy, Néville, from Old French Neville (literally “Néel's estate”) or Neuville (literally “new settlement”), equivalent to nuef + ville. * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Niadh (see Nee) or Ó Cnaimhín (see Nevin).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 5 | 3,308 |
| 1916 | 6 | 4,271 |
| 1917 | 5 | 5,108 |
| 1918 | 6 | 4,669 |
| 1919 | 5 | 5,357 |
| 1920 | 5 | 5,552 |
| 1925 | 13 | 2,731 |
| 1927 | 7 | 4,167 |
| 1928 | 5 | 5,234 |
| 1929 | 5 | 5,090 |
| 1943 | 7 | 4,089 |
| 1947 | 6 | 5,139 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | 5,951 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,360 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,984 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,149 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,397 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,451 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,481 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,561 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,994 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,100 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,811 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,638 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,597 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,603 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,704 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 內維爾 /内维尔, 濱海內维爾 /滨海内维尔
- French: Néville, de Néville, Néville-sur-Mer

## People named Neville

- Neville Marriner, British conductor and violinist (1924–2016)
- Neville Brand, American actor (1920–1992)
- John Neville Keynes, British economist (1852–1949)
- Neville Goddard, Barbadian writer (1905–1972)
- Neville Brody, British graphic designer (born 1957)
- Neville Hayes, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1943–2022)
- Neville Bulwer-Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton, British military officer, tennis player and artist (1879–1951)
- Neville Cardus, English writer (1888-1975)
- Neville Bonner, Australian politician (1922-1999)
- Neville Wran, Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales (1926-2014)
- Neville Lyttelton, British Army officer (1845–1931)
- Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.