On a baby name site today, Namipedia (never mind how I ended up there) and I found myself inadvertently having to defend my daughter's middle name which is Neveah (i.e., Heaven or rather, Haeven spelled backward). Little did I know that there is quite a controversy surrounding this little name. It seems that folks either LOVE it or HATE it. Since it's only recently risen to popularity, I didn't realize it had since become the subject of cynical jabs by snide, overtly opinionated bloggers (are there any other kind?) saying things like... " Heaven backwards--is that like naming your baby Hell?" (a funny blog, by the way). Or "If it's a boy, will it be Lleh? It has also been heralded as perhaps the most "stylistically divisive" name in America. Who knew? When we decided to give our daughter (who was born in 2006) the middle name Neveah, we had hearty approval from our friends and family, except one who asked me if that wasn't the name of a brand of lotion? Of course, she was referring to the beauty and body care product line: Nivea which I thought was quite amusing. Like it or not, it may make for a good conversation at your next baby shower :)
I wonder... has anyone come up with a skin care line called Aevin?
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