Nevaeh: Your Go-To Girl
Things I never knew until I read this article* in the New York Times:
- "In 1999, there were only eight newborn American girls named Nevaeh. Last year, it was the 70th-most-popular name for baby girls, ahead of Sara, Vanessa and Amanda."
- Nevaehs have made the fastest rise in name popularity of all names in "more than a century, the entire period for which the Social Security Administration has such records."
- Nevaeh is Heaven spelled backwards.
- That there even is an "American Name Society".
- That "The surge of Nevaeh can be traced to a single event: the appearance of a Christian rock star, Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D., on MTV in 2000 with his baby daughter, Nevaeh. 'Heaven spelled backwards' he said."
- People who therefore used the name "Nevaeh — Heaven Spelled Backwards" (apparently the tag line functions as part of the name) because they thought it sounded "original" don't really understand the idea behind "original".
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*Jennifer Lee, "And if It's a Boy, Will It Be Lleh?", New York Times, 19 May 2006.