Nevaeh

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

I don't like it, I find it silly.

I don't like it, for the reasons you gave.

Hate it

I am not a fan. I think the same as you.

Very popular on estates in London.

Awful name. There was one in ds’s school last year. No one will ever pronounce it properly either. Sounds made up.
What about Niamh?

I agree with you. Would he go for a similar vibe like Nia, Mia, Leah (Leia) ?

How would you pronounce the name?

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"

How is it pronounced? I know people say it’s ‘Neeva’ but that jumble of letters doesn’t spell Neeva. ‘EH’ is an AY sound.

Should it be Nee-vah-ay?

It’s a silly, pretentious and tacky. I much prefer Naimh.

I've never understood it. Why spell Heaven backwards? Why not forwards? Why not spell other words backwards?

Horrible

It’s the “heaven spelled backwards” that gives it that impression. Unique spellings are acceptable in places like the US but “creative spelling” will have people judging the child (and parents) before people even meet. (I know the child didn’t pick the name but the child will be an adult one day )

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

it's tacky

It's one of the most chavviest name there is.

But those letters done spell never-ay-a.

They spell nev-ah-ay. Which sounds ridiculous.

So a word spelled backwards which is then mispronounced. Awesome.

It's really common now

I think the idea of calling your child heaven is a bit odd, saying it backwards to be different doesn't help that oddness. As Pp said, she'll be an adult one day. As someone with a stupid unique name myself don't do it to her.

What about Lleh?

Or Nivea?

I actually quite like the sound of the name - the ones I know are pronounced nuh-VAY-ah. It's just the whole heaven-spelled-backwards thing that gives it bad vibes.

Neveah is Suoedih.
Definitely chavvy.

Sorry I don’t like it for the reasons you gave.

I think it sounds too much like Nivea.