Neville

Meanings

1. A surname from Old French.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 16th century and later usage.
3. A placename:
4. A small village in Blayney Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
5. Ellipsis of Néville-sur-Mer: a settlement and former commune of Manche department, Normandy, France.
6. A commune in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France. The correct spelling is Néville.
7. A village in the Rural Municipality of Whiska Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada.
8. A village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States.
9. A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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).

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