Nieves is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “snows.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Nieves belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “snows” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Nieves first appears in Social Security records in 1901. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1652 in 1926, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 986 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Nieves means “snows” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Nieves is a girl name.
Nieves comes from the Spanish tradition.
Nieves first appears in US records in 1901. Its best-ever ranking was #1652 in 1926, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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