McNiven or MacNiven is a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
of
Gaelic
Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to:
Languages
* Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...
origin. It is derived from the Gaelic ''Mac Naoimhín''. The latter surname is derived from a personal name based upon ''naomh'' ("holy", "saint"). The surname ''MacNiven'' can be rendered in
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...
as ''Mac'IlleNaoimh''.
[ Mark (2003) p. 720.]
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Daniel McNiven
Daniel "Big Dan" McNiven was a Scottish football center forward who led the American Soccer League in scoring in 1922-1923.
McNiven began his professional career in 1921 with Partick Thistle of the Scottish Football League. He played only five ...
(1902–????), Scottish footballer
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David McNiven (disambiguation), several people
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David McNiven (footballer, born 1955), Scottish footballer
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David McNiven (footballer, born 1978), English footballer
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Edward McNiven (1827–1858), English lawyer and cricketer
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Kate McNiven (date unclear), legendary Scottish witch
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John McNiven (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jock McNiven
John Graham McNiven (April 2, 1900 – September 27, 1969) was a mine engineer, mine operator and politician from the Northwest Territories, Canada.
McNiven was a 1923 graduate of the University of Toronto (M.Sc. in Mining Engineering) and w ...
(1900–1969), Canadian mine engineer, mine operator and politician
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Julie McNiven
Julie McNiven (born October 11, 1980) is an American actress and singer. McNiven was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, and got her start in local community theatre productions. She is best known for her recurring roles in ''Mad Men'' (2007–2009 ...
(born 1980), American actress and singer
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Mary C. MacNiven
Mary Connell MacNiven, born McNiven and sometimes billed as Mrs Campbell/Mrs John Campbell (15 September 1905 – 25 March 1997) was an award-winning Gaelic singer and the inspiration behind the famous Scottish song ''Mairi's Wedding''.
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(1905–1997), Scottish Gaelic singer
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Scott McNiven
Scott Andrew McNiven (born 27 May 1978) is an English-born Scottish footballer. He started his career at Oldham Athletic in 1995 before moving on to Oxford United in 2002. He jointly managed Hyde with Steve Halford at the end of the 2010–11 s ...
(born 1978), English-born Scottish footballer
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Steve McNiven
Steven McNiven is a Canadians, Canadian comic book artist. He first gained prominence on CrossGen's ''Meridian (comics), Meridian'', before moving onto books such as ''Ultimate Secret'', ''Marvel Knights 4'', The New Avengers (comics), ''New Aven ...
, Canadian comic book artist
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Tyler MacNiven
Tyler Kingsley MacNiven is an American filmmaker and reality television contestant.
Stanford University admission campaign
MacNiven first received attention in 1998 when, while a senior at the Woodside High School in Woodside, California, ...
, American filmmaker and reality television contestant
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David McNiven Garner (1928–2016), New Zealand physicist
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