Speaking of babies (Name Related)
mannybolone
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/us/18h...agewanted=printMay 18, 2006And if It's a Boy, Will It Be Lleh?By JENNIFER 8. LEEChances are you don't have any friends named Nevaeh. Chances are today's toddlers will.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.The spectacular rise of Nevaeh (commonly pronounced nah-VAY-uh) has little precedent, name experts say. They watched it break into the top 1,000 of girls' names in 2001 at No. 266, the third-highest debut ever. Four years later it cracked the top 100 with 4,457 newborn Nevaehs, having made the fastest climb among all names in more than a century, the entire period for which the Social Security Administration has such records.Nevaeh is not in the Bible or any religious text. It is not from a foreign language. It is not the name of a celebrity, real or fictional.Nevaeh is Heaven spelled backward.The name has hit a cultural nerve with its religious overtones, creative twist and fashionable final "ah" sound. It has risen most quickly among blacks but is also popular with evangelical Christians, who have helped propel other religious names like Grace (ranked 14th) up the charts, experts say. By contrast, the name Heaven is ranked 245th."Of the last couple of generations, Nevaeh is certainly the most remarkable phenomenon in baby names," said Cleveland Kent Evans, president of the American Name Society and a professor of psychology at Bellevue University in Nebraska.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.Among the many inspired by Mr. Sandoval's appearance was Jade San Luis, who named his first daughter Nevaeh two years later. "It felt original," said Mr. San Luis, 26, of Cerritos, Calif. "Now, not anymore."Today Mr. Sandoval is introduced to and photographed with baby Nevaehs all the time. His own Nevaeh, now 6, skateboards and, when introduced, pipes up that her name is Heaven aspelled backward. Does she understand the meaning of heaven? Mr. Sandoval replied, "She knows that is where her grandmother is."
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Hard to believe a stupid trend started on MTV.....
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that backwards biblical shit is kind of Satanic.
Like when the dog from Omen 3 (or whatever) says, "Nema" instead of "Amen" or how the Bible of Hell has an upsides down crucifix.
Spooky!
nosmo king ?
EVOL!
eno on ma i
It was never presented to me as a race thing, but hell who knows, it could very well be made up.
AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!
damn, that photo just creeped me out.
Names reported to have resulted from misinterpretations of the written word:
Asshole (ah-SHOL-ee)
Clitoris (cla-TORE-us)
Enamel (EE-na-mull)
Female (fuh-MALL-ee)
Gonorrhea (gu-NO-ree-ah)
Lemon Jello (le-MON-juh-lo)
No Smoking (NAWS-mo king)
Orange Jello (or-AN-juh-lo)
Pajama (PAH-ja-mah)
Shithead (shaw-THAYD)
Syphilis (suh-PHYL-lis)
Testicles (TESS-tic-clees)[/b]
Urine (u-RIN-ee)
Vagina (va-GEE-na)
Names reported to have resulted from overhearing an unusual but flowery-sounding term:
Chlamydia (kla-MID-e-ah)
Eczema (EX-suh-ma)
Latrine (la-TREEN)
Meconium (muh-CONE-knee-um)
Placenta (pla-SENT-a)
Urea (YUR-ee-ah)
Vagina (va-JAI-na)
"This legend is not strictly told of African-Americans; white Southerners are also sometimes cast in the starring role."
Regional bias.
I saw it written in the year book with my own 2 eyes.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
BTW, what did anthonypearson end up naming his baby and did any strutter win the baby naming contest?
My daughters name is Chantal and someone did win. I cannot remember who it was now but i PMed him 5 times and never heard from him.
Anyway dude, where ever you are, thanks for the name.
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that's pretty.
Thats funny, we just named our cat Chauncey. I name i had chosen for our son, that wifey shot down (not wonder showzen related, only conincence).
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