Neva (name)

Neva is a feminine given name and a surname. It may refer to:

Given name

• Neva Abelson (1910–2000), American pediatrician and medical researcher
• Neva Boyd (1876–1963), American sociologist
• Neva Brasfield (1889–1980), half of the American comedy duo Uncle Cyp and Aunt Sap Brasfield
• Neva Carr Glyn (1908–1975), Australian actress
• Neva Dinova, namesake of the American band Neva Dinova
• Neva Edwards (born 1931), educator, lay preacher and former civil servant in Dominica
• Neva Gerber (1894–1974), American silent film actress
• Neva Goodwin (born 1944), American economist
• Neva Haites, Australian geneticist
• Neva Jane Langley (1933–2012), American beauty pageant queen, Miss America 1953
• Neva Morris (1895–2010), American supercentenarian
• Neva Patterson (1920–2010), American actress
• Neva Pilgrim, American soprano

Surname

• Franklin A. Neva (1922–2011), American virologist and physician
• Samuel Néva (born 1981), French footballer

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Neva
• All pages with titles containing Neva
• Nava (given name), a feminine given name
• Nela (name)
• Alan Harris Nevas (1928–2025), American judge