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Nevaeh

130 replies

toffeepopcornbrownie · 07/03/2025 12:00

Thoughts on this? Personally I'm not keen but DP likes it for our 3rd DD. Think it sounds a bit chavy tbh.

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kirinm · 10/03/2025 11:20

There is a neveah in my DD's class and I have to say whilst I've rolled my eyes a bit about it being heaven spelt backwards I've not really thought it was chavvy. More a bit weirdly religious.

HugoYorway · 10/03/2025 11:18

Esra, Naomi and Lana might be her sisters Wink

sel2223 · 10/03/2025 11:13

Even if I liked the sound or look of it (which I don't), as soon as I heard 'it's heaven spelled backwards' that would be an instant NOPE from me.

HugoYorway · 10/03/2025 11:10

@TaggieO , never-eh would be Neverreh. Wouldn't Nevaeh be Nev-ah-eh?
Name's blimmin' awful however you say it.

@mathanxiety , most of those names are too 'american' for my taste. Only Olivia and Serena, and maybe Eva (but Eve is so much nicer), seem OK.

Daisymae23 · 10/03/2025 05:20

AdventureCode · 07/03/2025 12:06

I like it, it sounds lovely. The one i know is well behaved and very polite so it has a really nice connotation for me. And just because it's a relatively new name on the scene doesn't mean it's "chavvy"

It’s not new. It’s been in America for many years and always been chavvy. Anything that’s something spelt backwards never makes it out of chavvy territory

mathanxiety · 10/03/2025 05:05

It's a pleasant sounding name. Part of the opposition to it here is that it's American and also not middle class. I personally like it a lot more than the very MN-approved Imogen and Verity.

Alternatives:
Ava
Eva
Aveline
Evaline
Savannah
Everly
Neva
Vita
Evanna
Navy
Vera
Olivia
Livia
Vada
Jade
Nova
Serena
Hayley
Ember
Cadence
Sienna
Summer

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 10/03/2025 04:59

It's tacky.

BridgetJonesesOwl · 10/03/2025 04:50

I used to think it was a chav name until I met the most loveliest delightful little Nevaeh
I think anyone being anti the name is a person with a carrot or 3 up their arse!

mathanxiety · 10/03/2025 04:45

Cattery · 07/03/2025 12:06

How would you pronounce the name?

Ne-VAY-uh.

sel2223 · 10/03/2025 03:47

Literally my least favourite name, just awful

crackfoxy · 08/03/2025 22:45

Awful. Just awful. Sorry op

Printedword · 08/03/2025 22:45

MistyF · 07/03/2025 12:16

Basically Nevea. Nev-ay-a. Some say it Neeva.

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Makes me think of Nivea hand cream. So a no from me

TaggieO · 08/03/2025 22:44

It really, REALLY annoys me that people say Nevaeh is Nev-ay-ah. It’s NOT. Heaven backwards would be Never-eh.

LindorDoubleChoc · 08/03/2025 22:34

NO!!!

Wimpod · 08/03/2025 22:14

Nope.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 08/03/2025 22:13

Truly dreadful!

YourAmberFawn · 08/03/2025 22:08

Hate, hate, hate.

Agree that it sounds chavy

Sockmate123 · 08/03/2025 00:01

Chavvy and done to death 🙈

sesquipedalian · 08/03/2025 00:00

Poor child: she’ll have to spell it out every time, and I would be wondering how to say it. Put it in the bin and find your DD a different name for her sake!

Papadonut · 07/03/2025 23:58

Yuck. Chavtastic.

Richiewoo · 07/03/2025 23:52

It's one of the worst names I've ever heard. Sounds cheap and tacky.

Wendolino · 07/03/2025 23:20

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 07/03/2025 16:03

Very chavvy. There is one in my kids school. We are east London so it's pronounced "Nav-ayyy-yarrrr" .
Also isn't there something a bit sinister about Heaven but backwards? Like a bit satanic or something!

Yes like you can summon the devil by saying nevaeh three times while spinning around

TeenLifeMum · 07/03/2025 23:16

Why you’d name a dc with a name linked to dying is beyond me.

Wendolino · 07/03/2025 23:14

Awful. Definitely chavvy

sanityisamyth · 07/03/2025 23:13

It's awful. Why not lleh? Or yks?