Submitted Name Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English, Scottish Edit Status Status [contributorhide contributor] Added 6/28/2006 by senor_kapranos11 Meaning & History (1) Variant of NEVILLE (2) Possibly variant of Dutch Nevens, which is derived from Neve, from Middle English, Old Norse, Middle Dutch neve ‘nephew’, presumably denoting the nephew of some great personage.