Nevena () is a feminine

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South Slavic languages The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches (West and East) ...

. The name is the feminine form of the masculine name Neven, which means

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. The name is composed of two parts ''Ne-'' (not) and ''-ven'' (from "venuti" - to fade, to wither) and can be translated roughly as "everlasting" or "never-fading". Notable people with the name include: *

Nevena Božović Nevena Ivanović (; sr-cyr, Невена Ивановић, ; , ; born 15 June 1994) is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She made her singing debut by representing Serbia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with song "Piši mi", placing ...

(born 1994), Serbian singer * Nevena Bridgen, British-Serbian opera singer and blogger *

Nevena Ignjatović Nevena Ignjatović ( sr-Cyrl, Невена Игњатовић, ; born in Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia on 28 December 1990) is a Serbian alpine skier. She was named to the Serbian team at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics ...

(born 1990), Serbian alpine skier *

Nevena Jovanović Nevena Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Невена Јовановић, born Junе 30, 1990) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player who plays for Basket Landes of the Ligue Féminine. She also represents the Serbian national basketball team. ...

(born 1990), Serbian basketball player *

Nevena Karanović Dr Nevena Karanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Невена Карановић) is a Serbian cardiologist and politician.Nevena Kokanova Nevena Kokanova ( bg, Невена Коканова) (12 December 1938 – 3 June 2000) was a Bulgarian film actress. She was known as the "first lady of Bulgarian cinema." Her mother was from a well-known Austrian aristocratic family, and he ...

(1938–2008), Bulgarian film actress * Nevena Lenđel (born 1979), Croatian high jumper * Nevena Lipovac (born 1989), Serbian beauty pageant contestant *

Nevena Senior Brian R. Senior (born 1953) is a professional bridge player and writer from Nottingham. He has represented Great Britain, England, Northern Ireland and Ireland in international competition and has won all the major English Bridge Union competiti ...

née Deleva (born 1959), Bulgarian English bridge player *

Nevena Tsoneva Nevena Tsoneva ( bg, Невена Цонева) (born 17 August 1986, in Sevlievo) is a Bulgarian singer who won the first season of the Bulgarian television series ''Music Idol'' in 2007. Biography Early career Born Nevena Tsvetanova Tsoneva ...

(born 1986), Bulgarian singer

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