Last name NIVEN: origin and meaning

Niven : Scottish and Irish: from Scottish Gaelic Mac Naoimhín a patronymic from a personal name based on a diminutive of naomh ‘holy saint’. See McNiven and Nevin 2.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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