To never have heard of the name naveah

[Littlejayx]

I just went to a toddler class with my two year old, really lovely arty (or as arty as a a toddler can be) and I saw it on the sign in form and thought it was pronounced like Niamh (had no clue how to say it so asked the mother) and just said it was a lovely name, to which I was rather abruptly told its Na-vay-uh I’m so confused!

Its normally heaven backwards.

Sorry posted too early, she was mad that I presumed wrong! She was so angry.

Is it a popular name?

It’s Heaven backwards.

Each to their own.

Yup, Heaven backwards. My daughter was in a class with three of them.

It’s a very popular name currently. Probably 1 in 20 female kids I see in urgent care is a Nevaeh.

I wouldn't have been able to riddle that one out either op.

This generation's Senga (Agnes backwards).

But heaven backwards isn't naveah?

Why would you want to call your kid a name which is a word backwards anyway . I'm so old.

I still haven't met one in real life - for a long time I thought it was a joke.

you lucky, lucky thing

I always have to start at the H and write it backwards to get the spelling right - except for the one who tells you it's Heaven backwards but she's got the e and the a the wrong way round so it's not

I can't work out how it's supposed to be pronounced. I thought it was Ne-ve-ah but if it's supposed to be heaven spelled backwards wouldn't it be Ne-va-eh? Or Ne-vay?

Also old

It's just fucking stupid

There's a thread somewhere in the Baby Names section about this "name", if you can even call it that. The OP was expecting her third or fourth baby and her husband had heard the name Nevaeh. He wanted to use it if they had a girl. OP ended up not keen and hoping to have a boy to get away from the issue.

Yes, it is heaven spelled backwards. Yes, it is virtually impossible to pronounce. Yes, it is utterly hideous.

What did this idiotic mother expect when she saddled her poor daughter with it?

I’ve got a Niamh and I die a little bit inside when the two names are confused

Very popular- can’t stand it personally

Dreadful. Sorry, I mean Lufdaerd.

But why would heaven backwards be a good thing? I mean in crossword terms it would be reverse heaven. Sounds a bit hellish to me.

I hear it mentioned a lot on here but still yet to come across one IRL.

I'm another one who doesn't get this name, and just learnt now what it means!

I’ve got a Niamh and I die a little bit inside when the two names are confused

I think Niamh is a lovely name and I promise never to confuse the two (though I know someone who called their daughter Neeve)

So it's pronounced like Nivea, the skin care brand?

Me neither OP.

She got angry?

She's tihstab.

Its one of those try hard names. Not lovely.

I love the name Niamh and that’s what I thought! My daughter has a Irish name so I thought it was just a spelling difference!

I didn’t hopefully come across rude but I actually said i didn’t know it was a name and she really wasn’t quite angry. I wouldn’t use it myself It’s quite odd