McNiven

McNiven or MacNiven is a surname of Gaelic origin. It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Naoimhín.^[1] The latter surname is derived from a personal name based upon naomh ("holy", "saint").^[2] The surname MacNiven can be rendered in Scottish Gaelic as Mac'IlleNaoimh.^[3]

Surname

• Daniel McNiven (1902–????), Scottish footballer
• David McNiven (disambiguation), several people
  • David McNiven (footballer, born 1955), Scottish footballer
  • David McNiven (footballer, born 1978), English footballer
• Edward McNiven (1827–1858), English lawyer and cricketer
• Kate McNiven (date unclear), legendary Scottish witch
• John McNiven (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jock McNiven (1900–1969), Canadian mine engineer, mine operator and politician
• Julie McNiven (born 1980), American actress and singer
• Mary C. MacNiven (1905–1997), Scottish Gaelic singer
• Scott McNiven (born 1978), English-born Scottish footballer
• Steve McNiven, Canadian comic book artist
• Tyler MacNiven, American filmmaker and reality television contestant

Given name

• David McNiven Garner (1928–2016), New Zealand physicist

Citations

1. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1802.
2. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) pp. 1956–1957.
3. Mark (2003) p. 720.

References

• Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879883-5.
• Mark, C (2003). The Gaelic-English Dictionary. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-203-27706-6.