Nevaeh

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1 History and Meaning
2 Pronunciation and Spelling
3 Popularity
4 References in popculture
5 References

[edit] History and Meaning

Nevaeh is a recently invented girl's name created by writing the word Heaven backwards. It is listed as such at www.behindthename.com, which classes it as a modern English name. Many fictitious 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.

[edit] Pronunciation and Spelling

There are numerous pronunciations used for this name but the two most popular pronunciations for this name are neh-VAY-uh and nuh-VAY. Due to pronunciation difficulties it is often misspelled Neveah, switching Heaven's e and a. Other spelling variations such as Naveah are also used to make the name more phonetically useable.

[edit] Popularity

According to The Baby Name Wizard’s Name Voyager Nevaeh was not within the top 1000 names for girls born in the United States until 2003 when its popularity shot up making the 150th most common name. In 2005 it was the 70th most popular name for girls in the United States. www.behindthename.com lists it as appearing on the ranking in 2001 in the 266th place. Nevaeh’s popularity is in large part an internet phenomenon, and it widely known and discussed on baby naming boards. Baby Name Wizard’s Blog states that it is “especially popular with African Americans and evangelical Christians, and as a character name in fantasy fiction.”