I was given the name "Lana", after Lana Turner.

What a beautiful name. I quite like it.

In the seventh grade, when my peers figured out that backwards my name is "Anal", I would have given my entire life savings to have a name like "Katie" or "Jenny".

Many girls' names are the names of things - Minerals: Opal, Pearl, etc. flowers: Daisy, Rose, etc. Months: June, April, May, Virtues: Faith, Hope, the list goes on. Why doesn't this happen to boys? And what do you think would be a name of a thing that you could name a boy? Marble? October? Orchid? (give that last one some thought...)

There's Stone Philips. So I guess "Marble" isn't that far off.

It's a good cognac.

Some sound reasonable if not a little quirky, others just don't work. Not sure which of these is which of those...

• Mur
• Naeco
• Anozira
• Ohadi
• Aloera
• cte

I could go on and on, but sllac ytud

While we don't frequently give boys "object" names, occupational names are very popular for boys now, such as Hunter, Tanner, Mason, and Cooper.

I'm sure Sarah would beat out Nevaeh if we counted the spelling variation Sara.

If it's heaven spelled backwards isn't that actually anti-Christian? Witches were historically accused of saying the Lord's Prayer backwards as a way of summoning or honoring the devil.

I do know a Hunter. I don't know anyone using those other names. Interesting that they're obsolete occupations to some degree. Few people would know the link to Cooper, and as for Tanner, that's a nice name, but could you pick a more gruesome profession? Before the industrial revolution, tanning leather was one of the most brutal and unpleasant jobs around. Tanneries were located far from population centers, the odor and effluent was sickening, the workers reeked.

Writer? Driver? Roofer? Welder? This category doesn't have a lot to offer. Chandler is an old word for candle-maker.

I mentioned Orchid because it's derived from the Greek word for testicles.

Natas. It means creamy goodness in Spanish and eternal damnation in backwards.

I always thought it was prnounced "nev-ahhh" As in- have you ever? Nev-ahh. So, Heaven? Nevaeh.

Now, what I'd like to see a naming trend with palindromes, tha'd be looc.

Check out http://www.babynamewizard.com/

...wouldn't it be better just to name a girl "Heaven"? That in itself has a lovely sound...and frankly, spelling it backward sounds like you're insulting it. Sounds like something the born-agains would accuse a pagan of doing for spite. ;-)

I knew a boy named Ysiad.

His mother is named Daisy.

in so many ways. it's presumptious, it's trying to avoid being that by spelling it backwards, which is a tactic of 11 year olds. and it's kind of ugly and weird to say.

there are so many lovely names out there ...

It is number 15 on the list. It's Sara that is 76, and thus lower than Nevaeh's 70.

My mother worked with a man who had a newborn daughter. The parents decided the name the child Alegna (the mother, Angela's, name spelled backward.

I've always wondered how angry that teenage child is today ...

is also the name of a hilariously bad Satanic Detroit rap group.

Until a generation or two ago, Pearl was a man's name. While that spelling has shifted to women, men are still called Porl (which sounds the same with most accents).

Nomar Garciaparra was named after his father, Ramon.

I read in a Diana Gabaldon book that the Scottish have given women backwards names for many years. I think the example in the book was "Segna".

A couple of seasons ago, there was a female contestant named "Neleh", which is "Helen" spelled backward. I think Helen was her grandmother's name. This past season, there was a male contestant named "Aras". I wonder if his mother's name is Sara...

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Our daughter is Nadia and if we have a son, my husband wants to name him Aidan (Nadia backwards)

But, at least they are both real names.

how about a boy's name 'Boob'? because boob spelled backwards is...

never mind.

that 'Satan' and 'Santa' are the same letters but slightly different order to two very different (or are they?) concepts

also 'good' & 'god'

'devil' and 'evil'.

my linguist friend claims there is no connection, but I beg to differ. We are only scratching the surface of our subconscious impulses as humans.

I agree with another poster too, spelling 'heaven' backwards implies the opposite of 'heaven', in other words 'hell'.

So if a boy is named Lleh, might he be heavenly?

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one of my favorite names isn't a backwards name, but it looks like it could be: Xochitl which is the word for "flower" in the náhuatl language. It's pronounced 'Zoachie.' But what a nightmare your whole life, people mispronouncing it. I can't even imagine all the crazy pronunciations poor Neveah will encounter. That would bum me out after the 100th time. Just something to think about when you name your kid.

I do love unique, creative names, however.

If I wasn't so consistently disgusted with the terrible-names trend, this one would have have greatly amused me.

My fiance' (jokingly!) suggested naming a child Nevaeh with my current last name to create a true spectacle of backwards-religious naming: Heaven Halo.

Apparently, those who watch MTV (and follow POD) *that* closely really have no imagination, or dignity-- to say nothing of a sense of humor.