Nieve: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Arms linked to Nieves and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Family name meaning

Nieve is best understood alongside Nieves: both are Spanish spellings of a single family name. In origin, the name means “snows”.

Spelling and variants

Without the “s” of Nieves, Nieve is a simpler written form of the same name. Other spellings include De las Nieves.

Get the complete Nieve report, with a museum-style coat of arms.