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.

It’s not new. It’s been in America for many years and always been chavvy. Anything that’s something spelt backwards never makes it out of chavvy territory

@TaggieO , never-eh would be Neverreh. Wouldn't Nevaeh be Nev-ah-eh?
Name's blimmin' awful however you say it.

@mathanxiety , most of those names are too 'american' for my taste. Only Olivia and Serena, and maybe Eva (but Eve is so much nicer), seem OK.

Even if I liked the sound or look of it (which I don't), as soon as I heard 'it's heaven spelled backwards' that would be an instant NOPE from me.

Esra, Naomi and Lana might be her sisters

There is a neveah in my DD's class and I have to say whilst I've rolled my eyes a bit about it being heaven spelt backwards I've not really thought it was chavvy. More a bit weirdly religious.

Golly, Jeeves, ...there’s some raw work pulled at the font from time to time, is there not?

One of my favourite P. G. Wodehouse quotations. I often think of it on this board. Navy is a particularly awful name to inflict on a child.

Apologies, I'd not noticed Livia, which I like, but would probably get mistaken for a variant of Olivia.

I know an Yvan. He's breton. It's a Breton form of Johannes.

Really awful, made up name. Choose something else, plenty of lovely names around.

Around the times the series Footballer's Wives was popular, I heard a women in the supermarket screaming at three kids, presumably hers, named Chardonnay, Amber and Mercedes.

The fact your question reminds me of this should be enough to reconsider the name.

Awful

For the love of God, no.

Wouldn't know how to pronounce it.
Neva, like Eva, then 'eh?'

I thought it was nay-va so it reminds me of navel. I also think it’s tacky tbh however it sounds.

Thank you for the Village People earworm!

Although someone else suggested Haven & in the UK that would be exactly like naming a child Butlins. Family holiday parks.

Our 4 DC: Haven, Butlin, Pontin, and CentaParx.

Oh boy another neveah thread 😉

Heaven backwards soooo basically hell?

I've always thought religious words backwards were meant to be demonic? There's a whole conspiracy theory about some songs being played backwards and they say satanic things, if anyone's interested.

It always gets called chavvy on Mumsnet the only neaveh I know is far from chavvy though.
The chavs I know name their kids basic names like jack, Charlie, Ava etc. Don't tell Mumsnet though 🤫they would have heart attacks if they knew their kid shared a name with a chav

Pronounced “Clare” of course 😜

There’s a little boy on my road called Lucifer. I know because I’ve heard his mum calling him.

Do you spend the most on CentaParx?

CentaParx was a surprise late addition the family and we had more disposable income by then.

When i first heard the name Nevaeh, i thought it sounded so beautiful, i was instantly put off when they explained it was heaven backwards.🙄

However i still think it sounds so beautiful, i just wish it had a different meaning. Honestly, if it weren't so popular, and others didn't know the meaning, i would have chosen it for my daughter. And completely disregarding the heaven thing.

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How about Enema or Enemella. MN backwards plus a feminine ending.

Nolava - Avalon backwards.

It's ridiculous and sounds like Never which opens up a raft of unpleasantness at school.