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Nee

Nee, O Niadh, Knee, Needham and variant surnames
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  • James Hollarn
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  • Noel Murphy
  • Susan TOULSON
  • Terry Fitzgerald
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The Nee Surname project focuses on the Nee Surname and variant spellings for the family name.  While origin of the name be elsewhere in Ireland, most living descendants appear to be from County Galway.  However there are Nee in other parts of Ireland and the diaspora.

These are the primary names and alternative spellings that will be the focus of the project.

Nee, Ney, Neah, and Knee

This from Ancestry NeeName Meaning.

Nee Family History

Nee Name Meaning

Irish or Scottish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Niadh ‘descendant of Nia’ or Ó Niadh ‘sonof Nia’. Compare McNee.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, OxfordUniversity Press


Similar surnames: Gee, Snee, Mee, Fee, Nees, Knee, Bee, Lee, Kee, Ney

Not all of these "similar" surnames are expected to be part of this project. 

Nee Spelling Variations

Ireland in the MiddleAges was inhabited by very few literate people. Therefore, the proper spelling of names was decided by a very select few. The surviving records for the time demonstrate that these scribes were often not consistent in their efforts for there are many spelling variations of certain common names. Some of the variations for the name Nee may include MacNee, MacNea, MacNay, MacKnee, MacNeigh, MacNia, Nee, Knee and potentially more.

https://www.houseofnames.com/nee-family-crest