Nivi

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Nivi is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hebrew given name54 records spelled Nivi6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States

  Also written ניבי, Nivea, Nive, Nivay, Nibay

• Sinhala surname39 records spelled Nivi7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Also written Nava, Niva, Niv, නුවා, නිව්

• a separate name36 records spelled Nivi2 spellings in the group

  Also written Nîvî

• a separate name28 records spelled Nivi3 spellings in the group

  Also written Nîvî, Nïvï

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Nivi is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In erg, sleep with, sleep alongside, sleep on same bed as (someone)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, dative singular of nix

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In hul, dream

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In scn, snow

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

GL Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) — 11 years between 2011–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nivi Olsenb. 1985Greenlandic politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 50 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nivi?

Our records include 9,519 bearers of Nivi across 2 countries — a sample of the full distribution.

In which country does Nivi have the most bearers?

Nivi is most frequently recorded in Brazil, where it is most often spelled nivi.

What does the name Nivi mean?

Recorded meaning: Shortened from niviarsiaq (“maiden”).