Nevaeh as a girl's name.. Yay or nay?

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I'm currently expecting a DD and my DP likes the name Nevaeh but I think is sounds really tacky and well...made up.
It's Heaven spelt backwards... I work at a nursery and there are 2 babies with that name!
I prefer traditional solid names with meaning and substance behind them, rather than made up sounding ones.
Imagine the poor kids having to spend their lives repeating and explaining their name, having to spelt it out endlessly when people don't "get" it?

A name can link someone to a certain class but the socio-economic situation they're born into is the major factor. Some people like to think if they mimic the upper-classes those upper-class doors will be opened to them. But that's not how dear old class obsessed UK is designed to function.

I know a really lovely girl with this name and have always thought it's a beautiful sounding name. I had NO IDEA it was Heaven spelt backwards though!!

@CharlieWorkCharlieSad You pronounce it like Ner Vey Ah

@GreyhoundG1rl

I am working class. My kids have quite plain/boring type names as that’s what DH and I like. They go to school with plenty of Kaidens and Tylers, and lots of Williams and Henrys. The point I’m trying to make is that the name isn’t going to make a massive difference in how the child is raised/the opportunities that they have. Whether I call my child Nevaeh or Amy, the type of people that will judge the name will probably judge me anyway.

it's pronounced a bit like Nivea I think.
The sound of it is pretty enough but the fact that it's heaven backwards is what puts me off.

That's why it looks wrong written down because it's a word backwards.

What about Nieves ?

Wow, not sure how that can be tacky. Proper stuck up people on here sometimes. It sounds pretty and only your opinion matters, not strangers who are pretending to have class on the internet

Snobbery works both ways.

Nope. Nope.

Why spell it backwards though?
If you like Heaven, just call her Heaven.

I don't get why the Nevaeh mums come out with that "it's heaven backwards" line anyway. It doesn't make her a pissing angel does it?

I think because it sounds pretty backwards. Ne vey ah, is lovely. I think it is nice to call your child a name with positive connotations.
Why not?

It sounds like Nivea.

@RickOShay

I think because it sounds pretty backwards. Ne vey ah, is lovely. I think it is nice to call your child a name with positive connotations. Why not?

It doesn't have positive connotations, because it's backwards. In some religions, reading biblical writings backwards is considered sinful 🤷🏻‍♀️ Obviously some people won't care about that but it's still not remotely a "positive" thing to do.

@DerbyshireMama

I don't get why the Nevaeh mums come out with that "it's heaven backwards" line anyway. It doesn't make her a pissing angel does it?

Legna - new trend??

Let her have a name that’s easy to spell.

But it’s not a biblical writing though,
I’m sure it’s mentioned in the Bible.
But does that make it biblical?

Downright awful!

Just go for Niamh?

@coronafiona

Just go for Niamh?

The only thing Niamh and Nevaeh have in common is that that both start with N

Hopefully your husband has come to his senses op

I’d pronounce it as neither.

It’s choosing it because it’s heaven backwards then spelling it differently that I don’t quite understand. I mean, it’s terrible either way…

It's very tacky and people with judge. It is a name that stands out as working class like the Hayden's, Jayden's and Gracie-Mae's.

Unfortunately that comes with it a set of behaviour expectations.

I won't lie, came across a nevaeh (pronounced like nivea?) the other day at a play group. The mother certainly lived up to the class stereotype that this name suggests.

Dreadful. Words cannot express how awful this word is, I can’t even bring myself to call it a name. Naff and chavvy.