Niamh
NEEV
Irish/Gaelic
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Bright; Radiant; Beautiful
- Origin
- Irish/Gaelic
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Niamh does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Bright; Radiant; Beautiful", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Niamh.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Niamh is the radiance that comes from encountering God — a face that shines, a life that glows with reflected glory.
- Verses on this meaning
- Exodus 34:29
"Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him."
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
"We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory."
- Exodus 34:29