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Around the globe, ניב (Niamh , Niv , ניב ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name ניב is habitual in Ireland, where it is a common feminine name, Israel, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but very infrequently feminine name, and Mauritius, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Ireland, Israel, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, ניב is the last name as well as the forename.
ניב is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Niamh Donoghue , the fictional character from the British soap opera Doctors.