I don't know. Naeveh isn't that bad. Beyond the explanation, which is admittedly rather lame, it's not hard to say or hard on the ears. Most people, hearing it said, probably wouldn't recognize the origin.
New names do have to come from somewhere. There are a lot of people who don't want to recycle the same names over and over again, so they look at other cultures, or alterations they could make to words or names they already know. Some of them are terribly bad, but on the scale of hideously bad baby names, Naeveh doesn't really rank that high.
It is just awful cutesy in that "I'm a unique little snowflake" kind of vibe.
Trendy names leave a bad taste in my mouth. The parents always have a rather superior 'how clever and wonderful, am I' attitude towards their poor offspring.
I work with a woman name Katia whose has three little girls, Maya, Naomi, and baby Risa. Now she was adopted from Russia and her husband is of mixed Japanese descent; their daughters have names that reflect their heritage without going the Sakura or Keiko tract.
She has told me that before Risa was born, she liked Emi (for her mother in law Emiko) and Hana (for Haname, her husband's grandmother) until she realized most people though she was being 'creative' and taking a 'unique' spelling of Emily or Hannah, both very popular names.
Nevaeh is not that bad considering some names but that is not saying much. Seriously, unless a name sounds as good at 15 years as at 5 months, it is best to skip.
It's nice that she found a balance that worked for her, though I'm not sure I'd call Hana all that creative of a spelling for Hannah. Or Emi, for anything, since I've known at least three Emilys and one Amelia who went by Emi most of the time.
And honestly, when you have four other people in one of your high school classes who all look up at the same name as you? Being a unique snowflake doesn't sound as bad. There's always a balance, I'm sure. And people who name their kids Espn or Zeius (yes, I've met one) tend to cross that, but eh.
You're entitled to your opinions about what names sound ridiculous or trendy, but it's the way names have worked for a long time. They skip genders, get creative spellings, turn proper words into names, and resurrect from the dead. Not every name will turn into John, or has that long of a history, but there was a time no one was named Jennifer, or that Ashley and Tiffany were considered masculine names.
I don't think you can get more personal than a name and it is the fact that these parents want to give their kids names that aren't common and end up going with the trend (ie. Jennifer, Jason, unisex names for little girls now), or forgetting what brutal little monsters kids can be to their peers.
I am biased as I share a class with Melissa and knew her sisters, Sarah and Kelly, whose wonderful parents gave their girls the monikers of Sunny, Stormy, and Raine with the last name of O'Day.
Very cute when you are three, not so much when you are thirteen and crying in the girl's bathroom.
i think someone told me that there is a texas law that u can spell ur kid's name anyway u want. i remember this from a customer spelled their kid name really weird. i name i remember is summer star, (first and middle name). there is also a lady who husband and her combine their last name to make their current one. the last name is over 28 letter long. i like my name b/c there are very few first names, but it is more of middle name. everyone else has it for a middle name.
it can't be as bad as naming ur kids pet names and name pet normal names for the most part.
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Which is just BAD BAD BAD if you know what that means.
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What?
And I thought Micah for a girl was out there.
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New names do have to come from somewhere. There are a lot of people who don't want to recycle the same names over and over again, so they look at other cultures, or alterations they could make to words or names they already know. Some of them are terribly bad, but on the scale of hideously bad baby names, Naeveh doesn't really rank that high.
It passes the "can I yell it" test.
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Trendy names leave a bad taste in my mouth. The parents always have a rather superior 'how clever and wonderful, am I' attitude towards their poor offspring.
I work with a woman name Katia whose has three little girls, Maya, Naomi, and baby Risa. Now she was adopted from Russia and her husband is of mixed Japanese descent; their daughters have names that reflect their heritage without going the Sakura or Keiko tract.
She has told me that before Risa was born, she liked Emi (for her mother in law Emiko) and Hana (for Haname, her husband's grandmother) until she realized most people though she was being 'creative' and taking a 'unique' spelling of Emily or Hannah, both very popular names.
Nevaeh is not that bad considering some names but that is not saying much. Seriously, unless a name sounds as good at 15 years as at 5 months, it is best to skip.
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And honestly, when you have four other people in one of your high school classes who all look up at the same name as you? Being a unique snowflake doesn't sound as bad. There's always a balance, I'm sure. And people who name their kids Espn or Zeius (yes, I've met one) tend to cross that, but eh.
You're entitled to your opinions about what names sound ridiculous or trendy, but it's the way names have worked for a long time. They skip genders, get creative spellings, turn proper words into names, and resurrect from the dead. Not every name will turn into John, or has that long of a history, but there was a time no one was named Jennifer, or that Ashley and Tiffany were considered masculine names.
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I am biased as I share a class with Melissa and knew her sisters, Sarah and Kelly, whose wonderful parents gave their girls the monikers of Sunny, Stormy, and Raine with the last name of O'Day.
Very cute when you are three, not so much when you are thirteen and crying in the girl's bathroom.
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last name "Beirwagon"
last name "Semenyuk"
last name "Fuchs"
But my all-time favorite: Loveday Conquest.
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Mine: Gaien Faulkner and Destiny Moon. One childhood hellhole and future stripper front and center.
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it can't be as bad as naming ur kids pet names and name pet normal names for the most part.
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*DIES. LAUGHING* Because it's true.
..........Oh. Which really isn't so funny. o_O
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