"Nevaeh" ahead of Sarah, Vanessa and Amanda for girl baby names

[dolo amber]

Nevaeh is of course "Heaven" spelled backwards. Highly popular among...wait for it...evangelical Christians.

Love the title of the article... "And if it's a boy, will it be Lleh?" :D

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/us/18heaven.html?hp&ex=1148011200&en=e4fa5ba4f830a16d&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[JohnKleeb]

1. I am more partial to traditional names honestly

Neveah just sounds weird to me.

[MissMillie]

29. me too!

And there are some that are hardly used anymore--so much so that they sound "fresh" and "different" now.

[JohnKleeb]

31. My cousin recently had a baby and named her Katherine

or Kathyrn some form of it after my grandmother. Like the name honestly it's traditional and versatitle. My parents were smart to name me and my brothers traditionally. I don't iike new age yuppie names like Dakota and the others. THey're just silly to me.

[MissMillie]

40. My son is Timothy

or Tim

traditional, but there are not 12 of them in his graduating class (140 students).

It's gotten to the point that the yuppie names are the ones that dominate. People try so hard to be "different" that the end up doing what everyone else does.

[JohnKleeb]

43. You know maybe this is just wild case but

My five year old brother knows three kids named Jack. Kinda funny since it's an old school nickname but I never have gone by it nor have any of the other Johns that I know.

[CottonBear]

56. My nephew is named Jack. I like the name! n/t

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. Thank fuck your loins are as barren as the windswept tundra.

You'd probably want to name the fruitful blossoming of my seed "Sisao" or "Dlrowrednu" or "Elgnujehtotemoclew" or something. :eyes:

[dolo amber]

3. Nah, just for you I'd call it "Gabehcuod".

:loveya:

[Magrittes Pipe]

4. You'd be naming him after his REAL father.

:cry:

[tigereye]

he

:rofl:

sorry, al.

[Cathyclysmic]

5. I love it when people get all warm and fuzzy with girls' names

My theory....It just makes it easier to spot the bad kids in junior high. Think about it...have you ever met a girl named Patience that was patient. Prudence? Harmony? Faith? These were the girls that heated their black eyeliner with a lighter before they applied it and reeked of cigarette smoke.

Thank you, Evangelical Christians, for creating a whole new generation of girls with ironic names :patriot:

[tigereye]

8. pk's - preacher's kids were always the worst

when I was in high school.

[seaglass]

11. Heating black eyeliner? What is the purpose of that, is it real?

I must lead a sheltered existence.

[xmas74]

13. I did it.

It made the color more intense, the line broader and much easier to smudge.

Yeah, I was one of "those girls".

[dolo amber]

14. Heh...me too

:D :toast:

Aside to Cathyclysmic... :P

[xmas74]

17. Then we can be the sl*t, metalhead sisters!

Did you also practically own stock in Aquanet?

[dolo amber]

20. My hair was tragically poofy enough w/o the Aquanet

I used to wake up in the morning looking like Robert Smith even before "fixing" my hair. x(

[xmas74]

22. I loved Robert Smith!

So much time was spent on trying to look a bit like him. Powered face, reddish lips and black smudgy eye makeup.

And my hair is just as poofy but sometimes needed a spray to stay in place. I sometimes wish that hair would come back just so I would never have to style it again.

[Cathyclysmic]

18. I wasn't

I was the nerd who went to class because I thought it was interesting.I've wasted my life!!:cry:

[Yollam]

35. At some point, names will come full circle...

...and names like Hazel, Mildred, Agatha, Agnes, Cecil, Horace, Marvin etc. will be in vogue again.

I already prefer all of them to the tedious names that are in vogue now - like Brooklyn, Madison, Jaden, Caden, Aidan etc. :puke:

[xmas74]

37. I refused to go that route.

I hate when a name gets too popular.

My daughter's Callie. I didn't pick it because of cuteness but in tribute to my greatgrandmother. If a name can mean anything then this name will turn my daughter into a woman not afraid to express her opinion and that does not believe in taking crap off of anyone yet is very sweet and loving.

[dolo amber]

38. I have a Ruby after my gran, though it seems to be making a comeback

Probably due to the Nickelodeon show "Max and Ruby". Dammit. x(

I also have a Corinne, as I had horrible insomnia when I was pregnant with her and would watch "Soap" reruns at 3 AM. :D

[xmas74]

39. I watched alot of Soap and Taxi while pregnant.

I've noticed a bit of a comeback w/ both Ruby and Callie. My friend's granddaughter is a Ruby. And I've found a few variations of Callie lately, though everyone I've met stated they named their Callie's after a relative.

[Yollam]

42. Callie is nice and not pretentious.

There is a Cally on the new Battlestar Galactica - a subcharacter who has gained a significant following of her own.

[xmas74]

45. I know-I'm a BSG fan.

My Callie is intelligent, opinionated, athletic and tends to stand up for the underdog. Her fights at school have always been because someone else was teased, not herself.

I consider those to be good traits most of the time.

[Yollam]

41. My younger son is Joseph, after my dad.

He was kind and patient and put up with way too much crap from my mom - and even from me. My son has proven to be remarkably thoughtful and sensitive for his age - go figure.

[xmas74]

44. It's strange how some names

can do that.

[Cathyclysmic]

15. I knew a couple girls in jr. high that did this.

It helped to get the eyeliner go on nice a thick. If your into that sort of thing.

[seaglass]

23. My mom used to wear thick eyeliner just on her upper lid, she's

Italian and I think it was a kind of Sophia Loren thing. I'm pretty sure she didn't heat it up though.

The worst trend in make-up I ever fell for was white lipstick.:)

[Jed Dilligan]

47. Stop it

Prudence? Harmony? Faith? These were the girls that heated their black eyeliner with a lighter before they applied it and reeked of cigarette smoke. snip

You're makin me feel all hot n bothered!

[Mutley]

6. I've no idea what I'll be naming my kids if/when I have them

but somehow I doubt it'll be anything spelled backwards (at least not intentionally :P ).

[XemaSab]

61. Gnihtyna?

It's got a ring to it...

[Bunny]

7. My second cousin named her kid Nevaeh.

She also has kids named: Shaquille, Odessa, Champagne, Jamie and Vanessa.

[tigereye]

9. BUNNY!

where ya been?

guess where we're going today? The Pirate game. In the cold and rain. :rofl:

[Bunny]

16. Hey girl!!!

The Pirate game? Today? Double :puke: Not only do the Pirates stink, but this weather is atrocious!! I didn't go to the game with my kids' school this year - there's only so much punishment I can take.

[tigereye]

53. actually it stopped raining and it turned into a nice day!

and we got to see Bay hit a grand slam in the first inning (shock!), but then they lost anyway. :cry:

they did play with some heart, though, and the kids always have fun.

[Bunny]

55. Bay hit a grand slam???

:woohoo: I've never seen a grand slam - that's cool.

Bummer that they lost, but I'm glad the weather changed for the better!

[tigereye]

58. it was shocking

hell froze over! :D


I don't think I've seen one, either.

[Richardo]

21. Nevaeh, Shaquille, Odessa, Champagne, Jamie and Vanessa

Your cousin's got some 'splainin' to do.

[eyesroll]

24. I know, I mean...Jamie and Vanessa?

What's this world coming to?
:crazy:

[no name no slogan]

30. Jamie? What kind of damn fool name is THAT?

[kay1864]

10. That's just as weird as

That fundie minister who tried to get people to answer their phone with "Heaven-O" instead of "Hello", because "Hello" contains *gasp* H-E-double hockey sticks...

:rofl:

[xmas74]

12. I hate that dumb name.

There's quite a few around here.

I spoke w/ a woman about it the other day. She's very religious and she even said that she never considered it for any of her children. She said she'd prefer to stick to the classics and that if someone wanted to be trendier about it there are lots of words and names they could pick.

[johnnie]

19. Isn't a backward heaven "hell"?

So they like naming their kids after hell? I am confused. :crazy:

[Bossy Monkey]

25. How about the Lord's Prayer backwards? Isn't this supposed to be in the

Black Mass?
Snorom.
(Nevaeh... Nevaeh is a place... a place where gnihton... gnihton ever sneppah)

[Blue_Tires]

26. guess there will be no shortage of future

exotic dancers, and amateur adult film actresses

[no name no slogan]

27. Better than naming her "Tuls" or "ErohW" I suppose

[realisticphish]

28. for freeper parents:

aciremasselbdog

[JohnKleeb]

32. God Bless America

eh.

[realisticphish]

33. hey

you could name your kid "Beelknhoj"

kind of catchy, actually

[JohnKleeb]

34. I know exactly what I am naming my first son

My dad's name and my father in law's name and if that name sucks than I'll think of something.

[johnnie]

46. Wow

So your son's initials will be "MDNAMFILNAITSTITOSE"?

[JohnKleeb]

49. Shad up lol

I am just gonna do the same path that I was named with.

[Arugula Latte]

36. How does one pronounce that horrible name?

x(

Neh-vah-eh?

Nev-ah?

[MountainLaurel]

50. That is my niece's name

And the family pronounces it Neh-VAY-uh

Of course, her grandfather calls her Nevvie, her grandmother calls her Munch (for Munchkin), her father calls her any wide variety of names from Rufus to Stinky. And her poor Auntie Rita doesn't get to see her often enough to call her much of anything.

:cry:

FWIW, though, neither of her parents are evangelical Christians. Hell, the last time my brother went to church on a regular basis, it was because he wanted to get on their church league basketball team.

[Arugula Latte]

51. Okay, now I feel guilty for calling it horrible.

:blush:

I'm sure she's a cutie.

[MountainLaurel]

52. Don't worry

I thought it was kinda white trash myself, but she is a sweetie. And the name is somewhat appropriate, since she's a bit of a devil child. (Thinking of the whole "playing songs backwards" phenomena.)

[Arugula Latte]

60. Heh heh.

"Turn me on, dead man ... Paul is dead." (Remember that?)

She IS cute though. :hi:

[bbernardini]

48. I like Fhqwhgads, myself. nt

[HughBeaumont]

54. My crackhead, meth-using, crack-dealer cousin's kid is named Nevaeh

My aunt, of course, is taking care of her. Another adorable little girl soon to have a mentally ill, possibly soon-to-be-dead mother. Tragic.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

57. I'm looking forward to seeing "uhluthtc"s

and "htohtosgoy"s

[huskerlaw]

59. Bellevue University

in Nebraska...pretty much says it all. It's a glorified high school that was a community college until about 4 years ago, and honestly still should be.

Meanwhile, Nevaeh? Ridiculous name. Seriously. It's not even pretty.

[AlienGirl]

62. I see that name and I think "moles."

Yeah, I know that's nevi (singular nevus) but that name, to me, looks like a derivative of nevus.

Tucker

[Lydia Leftcoast]

63. I think of Nivea skin cream

:-)