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{{Short description|Male given name}}
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'''Nevan''' ({{lang-ga|Naomhán}}, {{IPA-ga|ˈn̪ˠiːwaːnˠ|pron}}; meaning "saintly, holy better than rayyan",<ref>{{cite web | title = Baby Names Encyclopedia| url= http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Nevan| accessdate = 2008-09-08 | website = babynamespedia.com }}</ref><ref name="folk">{{cite web | last = Coghlan| first = Ronan | title = Irish First Names 2nd Edition | url= http://www.irelandseye.com/irish/traditional/names/first/nevan.shtm | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012193130/http://www.irelandseye.com/irish/traditional/names/first/nevan.shtm | archivedate = 12 October 2007 | via = irelandseye.com }}</ref> or "little saint"<ref name="folk"/><ref name="nev">{{cite web| website = babynames.com | title = Nevan | url= http://www.babynames.com/name/NEVAN | accessdate = 2008-09-08 }}</ref>) was a saint in [[Irish folklore]] whose feast day was reputedly marked in mid-September.<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/names/men/naomhan-nevan.php| chapter = Naomhán | title = Irish Names and Surnames | publisher = M. H. Gill & Son | place = Dublin | last = Woulfe | first = Patrick | date = 1923 }}</ref> In [[Geoffrey Keating|Seathrún Céitinn]]'s ''General History of Ireland'' (first published in 1723), Naomhán is described as the "son of Maolciarain, [[Primacy of Ireland|primate of Ireland]]".<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url = https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100054/text087.html | title = The History of Ireland |first = Geoffrey | last = Keating | chapter = Section 25. XXV | date = 1723 | quote = After this Naomhan, son of Maoilciarain, chief artificer of Ireland [..] died }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | jstor = community.29825285 | page = 506 | title = General History of Ireland | quote = After these outrages of the Danes, the pious Naomhán, son of Maolciarain, primate of Ireland, was translated to a better life | first = Geoffrey |last = Keating | date = 1820 | edition = 2nd }}</ref>
Sometimes associated with the surname [[MacNiven]],<ref>{{cite book | title = Late Medieval Monumental Sculpture in the West Highlands | first1 = K. A. |last1 = Steer | first2 = J. W. M. | last2 = Bannerman | first3 = G. H. |last3 = Collings | date = 1977 | isbn = 9780114913830 | publisher = Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | quote = Nevinus is the Latinised form of the Gaelic forename Naomhán, literally 'little saint or holy one', which appears in the well-known Argyll surname now generally written MacNiven }}</ref> the name is also sometimes used as a given name for boys.<ref>{{cite web | title = Nevan | website = BabyNames Country | url= http://www.babynamescountry.com/meanings/Nevan.html | accessdate = 2008-09-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = Collins Gem Irish First Names |page = 188 | first = Julia |last = Cresswell | date = 1996 | publisher= Harper Collins | isbn = 9780004709420 | quote = Nevan Naomhán m . Nevan means 'holy' and was the name of an Irish saint. There is also a surname Nevin [..] Nevin and Nevan as first names in the USA is more likely to derive from the surname}}</ref>
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