| Nevaeh | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | nə-VAY, nə-VAY-ə, nə-VYE-ə |
| Gender | female |
| Meaning | "Heaven backwards" |
| Origin | English |
| Popularity | Popular names page |
Nevaeh is a feminine name created by writing the word heaven backwards.[1]
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The name is listed at sites such as http://www.behindthename.com, which classes it as a modern English name. Many erroneous origins for this name are cited elsewhere including that Nevaeh is Slavic for butterfly or Welsh for snow. It has no meaning beyond its anagrammatic connection to the word heaven.
There are numerous pronunciations used for this name but the two most popular pronunciations for this name are nə-VAY-ə and nə-VAY. A common Australian pronunciation is nə-VYE-ə. Due to pronunciation difficulties it is often respelled as Neveah, switching Heaven's e and a. Other spelling variations such as Naveah are also used to make the name more phonetically usable.
Though there were eight girls named Nevaeh in the United States in 1999, Nevaeh was an extremely rare given name before singer Sonny Sandoval of the rock group P.O.D. named his daughter Nevaeh in 2000. He was then featured in the fall of that year on the television program MTV Cribs, and use of the name exploded. The name has been particularly popular with evangelical Christian and/or black parents. It is also popular in states with a large Hispanic or American Indian population, such as New Mexico.
Nevaeh first entered the top 1000 names for girls born in the United States in 2001 when its popularity shot up making it the 266th most common name, as shown at www.behindthename.com. In 2005 it was the 70th most popular name for girls in the United States. In 2006, Nevaeh was the 43rd most popular girls name in the US and was the 31st most popular name for girls in 2007. It fell three places in 2008 to 34th most popular name for girls in the United States. It was the third most popular name for girls born in 2008 in New Mexico, rising from fourth place in 2007. New Mexico was the state where it was most popular in 2008. Nevaeh was the fifth most popular name for black girls born in New York City in 2007. In a recent year it was the most popular name for black baby girls born in Colorado. The alternate spelling Neveah also reached the top 1000 names in 2006 and was the 891st most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2007, though the spelling variant fell to 986th most popular name in 2008.[2][3][4]
Though the name's use the first year or two of its popularity can probably be attributed to Sonny Sandoval's daughter, the further spread of Nevaeh’s popularity since is in large part an Internet phenomenon. The name is widely known and discussed on baby naming boards.
The name is widely popular with Caucasian mothers and African American fathers.
The name recently gained exposure on the reality TV show Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School, when contestant Heather strongly insisted on being referred to as Nevaeh, a name she had recently adopted to further her singing career. The other participants refused to indulge her in this, calling it ridiculous, and she was expelled in the second episode.
It has also been used as a wrestling ring name; SHIMMER Women Athletes wrestler, Nevaeh has been wrestling professionally for 3 years and has used it as her ring name since her debut.
In 2010 on the second season of 16 and Pregnant one of the girls, Valerie, gave birth to a daughter she named Nevaeh.
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   | Behind the Name - Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names |
| | The Baby Name Wizard's Name Voyager - NameVoyager: Baby Name Wizard Graph of Most Popular Baby Names | The Baby Name Wizard |
| | Baby Name Wizard Blog - Name Popularity: iVillage Pregnancy & Parenting |
| | And if It's a Boy, Will It Be Lleh? - And if It's a Boy, Will It Be Lleh? - New York Times |
| | Social Security Administration - Popular baby names |
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