May 17, 2006
Holy Names?!?!?
On one episode of the comedy King of the Hill, Hank Hill says to a Christian rocker, "You're not making Christianity any better; you're just making rock and roll worse." Apparently, not just rock and roll.
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...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 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.
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So how is "Lleh" doing, popularity-wise?
Posted by: JonJ | May 18, 2006 1:23:57 PM
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