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NEAVE Family History

Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origins. It was a kinship name denoting close relationship to a prominent person, or perhaps an orphan who was brought up by a member of the family. Deriving from the pre 7th century Olde English word "nefa" and the later "neve", which literally mean nephew, the modern surname spellings includes Neave, Neeve, Neve,Neaf, Niave, and the patronymics Neaves, Neeves, and Niaves. The surname itself first appears in the late 13th Century (see below), whilst amongst the early recordings are those of Andrew Neve in the records of Ramsey Monastery, Bedfordshire in the year 1250, Rayner and Walter le Neve in the Hundred Rolls of Norfolk in 1273, and John Nieves who was listed in the Hundred Rolls of Essex in the same year.