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NivIn Hebrew: ניב · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: נִיבRomanization: niv
Niv (Hebrew: ניב) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 8,284 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 75 boys and ranked #215. Its peak year was 2022, with 371 babies.
- People in Israel
- 8,284
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 75
- rank #215
- Peak year
- 2022
- 371 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Niv
In Hebrew letters the name is ניב, read right to left. Niv is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "niv" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name
Compare Arabic ناب (nāb, “fang”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Niv by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Niv
How do you write Niv in Hebrew?
Niv is written ניב in Hebrew (with vowel points: נִיב). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "niv".
How many people in Israel are named Niv?
8,284 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ניב: 1,993 women and 6,291 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Niv a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 24% of the people named ניב are women and 76% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
What does the name Niv mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name" Etymology: Compare Arabic ناب (nāb, “fang”).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.