Community› The Bump Message Boards› Baby Names
Baby Names
New Discussion

Myavah (NOT ME!)

AnasaraAnasara
in Baby Names
This is the name of a grad school friend's daughter who is set to be born in April.  I have no idea how to pronounce it (and I'm good @ pronouncing uncommon names since DH is Indian) & am wondering what's the meaning, if any?  A quick Google turned up a "Myava" who is a lawyer but that's it.
Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
Report Reply to Post

Re: Myavah (NOT ME!)

  • SarahPLizSarahPLiz member

    Havaym spelled backwards? If I say that right it sounds like something that would be in Yiddish, but I am ignorant of most things of that culture/language, so its just the impression I get. 

    Maybe they were going for my- ava.. as opposed to your ava?  

    Image and video hosting by TinyPic
    Lilypie Premature Baby tickers
    Report Reply
  • AnasaraAnasara
    imageSarahPLiz:

    Havaym spelled backwards? If I say that right it sounds like something that would be in Yiddish, but I am ignorant of most things of that culture/language, so its just the impression I get. 

    Maybe they were going for my- ava.. as opposed to your ava?  

    LOL @ "your ava".  FWIW this woman is AA but was adopted & raised in a white home.

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • forensicmamaforensicmama member
    I looked it up on Facebook... there were a lot of African American women with that name. Maybe it's an African or AA name?
    Lilypie Kids Birthday tickers Lilypie First Birthday tickers
    Married since 06/19/2004|Anna born 11/19/2006|Charles born 11/1/11
    Double undergrad graduation May 2011| Me: Psychology, DH: Communication| A long journey!
    <a href="http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/gussiebutt/?action=view
    Report Reply
  • forensicmamaforensicmama member
    imagemj.reilly:

    All I could find was:

    via Baby Name Wizard:
    "My daughter is named Myava. I met someone one time with this name."

    And a lot of Google results for some women with this name ? but absolutely nothing on meaning or origin or how it came to be.

    I saw that post... :/

    Lilypie Kids Birthday tickers Lilypie First Birthday tickers
    Married since 06/19/2004|Anna born 11/19/2006|Charles born 11/1/11
    Double undergrad graduation May 2011| Me: Psychology, DH: Communication| A long journey!
    <a href="http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b268/gussiebutt/?action=view
    Report Reply
  • cjillacjilla
    I was trying to find "heaven" in it or something...
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • naflmjnaflmj member
    imageAnasara:
    imageSarahPLiz:

    Havaym spelled backwards? If I say that right it sounds like something that would be in Yiddish, but I am ignorant of most things of that culture/language, so its just the impression I get. 

    Maybe they were going for my- ava.. as opposed to your ava?  

    LOL @ "your ava".  FWIW this woman is AA but was adopted & raised in a white home. 

    There is a student at my school w/the name, it's pronounced My-Ava....before I saw how it was spelled I thought it was someone pronouncing Maeve wrong. 

    "Normal day, let me be aware of the treasured day you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart...let me hold you while I may."

    image
    image
    image

    TTC #1- unexplained...lost left ovary 4/07 IUI #1 2/10/09-BFN IUI #2 3/5/09-BFN IVF # 1-BFP

    TTC#2- FET 4/7/11 BFP, Natural mc 5/5/11 IVF#2 ER 9/13/11, ET 9/16/11, Beta #1 9/27/11 BFP 254 Beta #2 9/30/11 793 -Twins!

    Report Reply
  • Furana2011Furana2011

    imageforensicmama:
    I looked it up on Facebook... there were a lot of African American women with that name. Maybe it's an African or AA name?

    Not as far as I know, this is the first I've ever heard of it, and I've heard some crazy names. 

     Why does every name have to have a meaning or a "legitimate" source of where it came from...maybe this woman heard it somewhere and liked it...maybe the "original" parents gave this name to their child because the dad's name was Myron and the mom's name was Ava...who knows?  Sometimes a name is made-up and it's a beautiful creation, sometimes it's a horrible disaster.

    Report Reply
  • Cissi64Cissi64
    imageSarahPLiz:

    Havaym spelled backwards? If I say that right it sounds like something that would be in Yiddish, but I am ignorant of most things of that culture/language, so its just the impression I get. 

    Maybe they were going for my- ava.. as opposed to your ava?  

    This would be my guess.  My mom had a friend ( well more of and aquaintance since my mom thought she was a little weird) who gave birth in the 50's.  She named her daughter Mylinda ( that is my-linda not mel-inda or mil-inda).  She was horrible obsessed with her daughter and followed her to school when she started 1st grade( she didn't attend K).  They even ended up working together as adults.

    dd(Brianna) 11/01/94, ds(Bram)10/17/95, ds(Jesse)9/26/97, dd (Annie Ruth) 7/27/05 5mc Jan '08, May '08, Feb '09, Sept '09, Apr '11 "And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one weak creature makes a void in any heart, so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of vast eternity can fill it up." - Charles Dickens

    PAL/PGAL Welcome

    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"