Nevaeh

Where Nevaeh comes from

From heaven, spelled backwards. Popular since 2000 when the rock singer Sonny Sandoval gave the name to his baby daughter.
— Wiktionary's entry for Nevaeh
  • 3 syllables
Nevaeh through the years
  1. 1997
    First appearance
    #13,724 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2000
    Around this time: Sonny Sandoval names his daughter Nevaeh
    Event, 2000 · Source
    “Though the name's use the first year or two of its popularity can probably be attributed to Sonny Sandoval's daughter, the further spread of Nevaeh's popularity since is in large part an Internet phenomenon.”
  3. 2010
    Peak, #25
    6,446 babies named Nevaeh, its best rank.
  4. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #89.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Nevaeh in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name. Quotes are from the linked Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).