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[ 3 syll. ne-va-da, nev-ada ] The girl name Nevada is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced NahVAADah or NahVAEDah †. Nevada's language of origin is Latin and English. It is predominantly used in English. The modern first name is a derived from the name of the American state, which means 'snow'. In addition, Nevada is a form (English) of the English and Italian Neva.
Nevada is a rare baby girl name. In 1900, 0.007% of baby girls were named Nevada. It had a ranking of #773 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then, and is currently used only on a very light scale. Out of all girl names in its family, Nevada was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2008. In the last century Nevada has mainly been a girl name. A baby name that sounds like Nevada is the Hebrew Navit.
† Pronunciation for Nevada: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
