It does look Biblical because of its similarity to Nineveh, but I would rather see Nineveh than
Nevaeh. I think it is tacky because it is silly and yet pompous. The silliness in itself wouldn't be so bad, because I admire silly names (even made up ones sometimes), but people take it so seriously and try so hard to cram the invented importance of the name down people's throats that it turns me right off. Have some humility and common sense, people. It is not a holy name, it is not a sacred name, it is not deep and amazing. It is heaven backwards. And I thought backwards things were a tool of the devil anyways - what about all the hullaballoo about playing records backwards back in the day?
Why would spelling it differently make you upset? It is a made up name of a backwards word that you want people to take seriously, and now you are trying to get picky about it?
Elizabeth can be spelled
Elisabeth and
Rachel Rachael, so why not
Nevaeh Neveah?
I don't know any Nevaehs. It doesn't remind me of Nivea but I could see how it might. I say it "nuh-VAY-uh" because that's how I thought it was supposed to be said. Yes heaven has two syllables but isn't it funny how a word sounds different when we try to say it backwards. Weird.
This message was edited 5/25/2010, 11:30 AM