Nevaeh

[gonutkin]

I need honest opinions on the name Neveah, the infamous heaven spelt backwards.

I like unusual names but nothing that looks completely made up. I also don't usually ask for anyone opinions of our childrens names as I believe as long as we like it that's all that matters.

We are struggling for a name for our girl and came across Nevaeh, I do like it and the meaning with it. We are religious but not as strongly as others may be.

Is it honestly a nice name or not.. I've seen comments over the years about it being a bit of a chavvy name.. don't really know why but I'm curious to see what people think. I think it's a lovely name but am apprehensive. We have others on our list so it's not our number 1 choice but I'm curious if others opinion of it.

Thanks!

It’s horrible.

And people always say, “Neveah, it’s heaven spelled backwards.” because they feel the need to justify such horrible sounding name.

Just use Heaven. It’s fine. And sounds much nicer.

Awful.

Does anyone actually know anyone called this or is it an urban myth?

I like it but she's going to be called and spelt Nivea for the rest of her life.

Not sure how relevant this is but I spent some time working in the child protection area, lots and lots with this name. I haven't come across it otherwise.

There seem to be quite a few of them

names.darkgreener.com/#nevaeh

Yup, it's chavvy

I know a very feisty 88 year old Miriam. She’s great. Ruth is a lovely name that deserves a revival.

I prefer Lleh , nice ring to it

There was a baby born on our road called heaven spelled backwards. To a very young mum who also had an incredibly dated but fashionable name. As did HER mother. All of them bellow age 40. I gave them my old cot and travel system and cleaned it up for them. The baby was born and the travel system reappeared covered in poundshop stick on diamantés in the baby's name and fake YSL and channel logos . To this day I feel nothing but pity for the entire family. 4 generations living in one extremely shabby council house and the poor kid is filthy and incredibly badly behaved. I give them everything I can, old bedding, clothes for the kids, spare freezer food when I'm cleaning the freezer and cupboards out. But I will forever associate those names with filth, poverty and societies failure to prevent this from happening in the first place.

The sound is alright but it’s got a very chavvy vibe and reputation and it’s almost a bit of a joke name among certain groups (of snobs) because it just seems stupid that it’s been made up because it’s heaven spelled backwards. I like the sound but the fact it’s made up and got such a bad reputation means I’d never use it.

Chavvy and tacky, sorry! How about Niamh/Neve/Neave instead?

I actually don’t mind it!

better than Ruth or Miriam.

I know of two, both born to single teen mums. One is known as Nev (as in Neville) as they pronounce it Nev Ay Ah
The other pronounce it more like Nay Vah Uh

Chavvy

It sounds a bit like a company name to me.
Like for a surveyor called Nev or Ned

It's truly awful.

In all honesty, I'd rather take baby naming advice from Elon Musk than saddle some poor kid with Heaven-Backwards

Instantly think chav, sorry.

I love th ename Miriam
I know many of them from old to young.
But I move in Christian circles where it has always been a name that is used.
Along with
Hannah
Anna
Ruth
Rebecca
Rachel
Naomi
and more recently Keziah, which I love.

So, so bad.
Throw a random y or h, or both, in an otherwise normal name to uneek it up and surely that's just as good 🤷‍♀️

I’ve looked after two little girls named Nevaeh. It’s definitely used as a name.

Personally it wouldn’t be for me - it’s not my style and I’m not keen on names that need to be spelled out or explained.

Having said that I’m not keen on the nasty ‘chavvy’ pile on that names like these tend to invite on mumsnet. It makes me wonder if the threads are started specifically to start one of those little ‘kick down’ fests that seem so popular on this board specifically. I just find them very nasty and I think there are a lot of ways to say you dislike a name without being snobby and cruel.

Sorry, I think it's tacky and hideous and I don't really get the 'meaning' aspect of it. Why name your child after somewhere people allegedly go when they've pegged it? What's nice about that?! Lots of lovelier names with much nicer meanings around!

If this thread is anything to go by Mumsnet absolutely adores the word chav.

@kuvira I taught a child spelt Neveah 😆 I always wanted to ask the mum whether she'd realised or not... It does actually look better than Nevaeh though.

OP, this is up there with the worst, most class-less names of all time. Might as well go with Reyarp or Sesuj and at least be original 🙈