Neva

One namesake is Neva Small, the actress and singer known for playing Chava in the Fiddler on the Roof film, among many other roles. She has a beautiful voice :)

Genevieve "Neva" Gerber (1894 – 1974) was an American silent film actress who appeared in more than 120 films between 1912 and 1930.

Neva Edwards is an Dominican educator, lay preacher and former civil servant. She served as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Dominica from 1993 to 1995.

Neva Carr Glyn, or spelt Neva Carr Glynn (1908 – 1975) was an Australian stage, film and radio actress.

Neva Martin Abelson (1910 – 2000) was an American research physician. She was a distinguished research physician who co-discovered the life-saving blood test for the Rh blood factor (with Louis K. Diamond). Abelson graduated from Washington State University with a B.S. degree in chemistry. She became one of the first women to graduate from Johns Hopkins University with a medical degree. After medical school she became a pediatrician. She was the first pediatrician to ever be placed in charge of Johns Hopkins nurseries.

There is a character in D. J. MacHale's Pendragon series with this name. Only she spells it Nevva. Double v.

Russian model Natalia Vodianova named her daughter Neva, after the river Neva.

There is a band called Neva Dinova.