Save Type Surname Usage Scottish, English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazi), Yiddish Scripts נאב(Hebrew, Yiddish) Pronounced Pron. /ˈnæb/(Scottish, English) /ˈnæp/(German) /ˈnæb.bər/(French) [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsMcNay, Nye, Nee, Neu Meaning & History Scottish: truncated form of Mcnay.English: variant of Nye.North German: variant of Nee.French: habitational name from any of the places so called in Manche and Pyrénées Atlantiques.Jewish (Ashkenazic): Yiddish equivalent of German Neu.