Seriously talking to me cousin about her baby name choice

[Festinalente]

This is my first post, if I get anything wrong I'm incredibly sorry.

For a bit of background, my cousin and I are in our teens, great friends, yet total opposites.

She is having a baby any day now and is set on naming her 'Nevaeh', when she told me I just smiled and nodded my head thinking she was either kidding me or would change her mind as usual.

Am I being unreasonable to ask her to consider changing the name?

Luckily enough she is using a classic middle name under my persuasion, so the baby will always have that to rely on.

Thank you for reading my post.

I am genuine, my family joke about how it sounds like a soap opera.

Festina lente is indeed a Latin quote.

She's been planning a pregnancy for a long time, when she told me years ago I thought she was joking, the thing I most disapprove of is her boyfriend and I wish she stayed in school as she was very smart and now only goes part time.

I think I'll leave it, atleast the middle names are nice and considering names where I live are getting more bizarre she probably won't stand out.

YANBU.It's a ghastly nane .The poor child will be judged and pigeonholed by her name for the rest of her life. Actually calling her Heaven might be preferable. Still it's her child nor yours so you have to leave her to it.

My best friend has a cat named Nehtaeh ('heathen' spelled backwards).

YANBU.It'shastly nane .The poor child will be judged and pigeonholed by her name for the rest of her life.

'Poor Child'! Jeez, I know a Little Nevaeh, I really can't imagine raising my eyebrows in horror at the name, everyone calls her Nev.

What about Niamh, it's pronounced neev, or persuade her to use Eve.

Festina, I think your cousin is going to need a lot of support from you and your family when this baby comes. I wouldn't manufacture an argument about something relatively trivial just at the moment. I think your idea of suggesting a few ordinary names, along with Nevaeh is a good one, but I wouldn't criticise it, just suggest good reasons for including others.

She's decided against Nevaeh now. Her friend 'stole' the babies name and blah blah blah.

Thanks everyone!

I do help her out, I gave her my revision material for our exams as she never comes to school. It's just that she's a whirlwind to put up with.

Pmsl, YABU-it's a lovely name...

I know your friend has decided against it now but, just to give an opinion on the name, if it is pronounced Nev-AY-a, with the stress on the second syllable, I can't see any problem with it at all! It's not a name I would choose myself, but I have heard an awful lot worse here on MN! It sounds vaguely mythical, a bit like Freya which was very popular for a time. I much prefer it to the names of actual gods and goddesses or mythical figures which I feel are a bit much for ordinary, flesh-and-blood infants to live up to!