Niv
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Niv is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Initialism of New International Version.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 2Kas ניב(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 200Kas Niamh
- CYCyprus≈1 in 27K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Niv itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 130 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 27K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,400 named ניב, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled ניב in IL Israel, ET Ethiopia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Initialism of New International Version.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Niv counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | #413 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 2K | 1.3K | ניב | 97 |
| US United States | — | 1,666as Niamh | 1 in 200K | 1.6K | Niv | 130 |
| ET Ethiopia | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 745K | — | ניב | 3 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 144as Niamh | 1 in 120K | 126 | Niv | 4 |
| PL Poland | — | 117 | 1 in 327K | 98 | — | 3 |
| SE Sweden | — | 64as Niamh | 1 in 159K | 64 | — | 1 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈48 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Niv | 5 |
| DK Denmark | — | 31as Niamh | 1 in 189K | 31 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Niv is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, abbreviation of niveau
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kmc, small
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Niv Boginb. 1960ILIsraeli basketball player (born 1960)
- Niv Horeshb. 1971ILAustralian academic
- Niv Talb. 1975ILIsraeli association football player (1975-)
- Niv Raskinb. 1975ILIsraeli journalist
- Niv Berkowitzb. 1986ILIsraeli basketball player (born 1986)
- Niv Zilberbergb. 1992ILIsraeli actor
- Niv Zrihanb. 1994ILIsraeli footballer
- Niv Demirelb. 1995ILIsraeli composer
- Niv Gotliebb. 2002ILIsraeli association football player (2002-)
- Niv Yehoshuab. 2005ILIsraeli association football player (2005-)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 218 | #31,394 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 98 | #2,117 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 88 | #2,118 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 55 | #31,394 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 19 | #4,462 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 19 | #4,463 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 11 | #33,912 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 8 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Niv mean, and where does it come from?
- Initialism of New International Version. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Niv a male or female name?
- Niv is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Niv have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.4 thousand people named ניב in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Niv?
- In Poland, the national register counted 117 people named Niv in 2026, about 1 in 327 thousand residents.
- How common is Niv compared with other names?
- In Israel, Niv is the 413th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nivThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Niv” — the 413th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.