Nova - Meaning of Nova

What does Nova mean?

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Nova

[ 2 syll. no-va, nov-a ] The baby boy name Nova is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is NOW-Vaa- †. The origin of Nova is the Latin language. The name's meaning is new.

Novah, Novva, and Novvah are variants of Nova.

Nova is a somewhat popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been rising since the 2010s; before that, it was of very modest use only. At the recent peak of its usage in 2018, 0.013% of baby boys were given the name Nova. It ranked at #866 then. Out of all boy names in its group, Nova was the most regularly used in 2018. In the past century Nova has mostly been a girl name. In 2017, the name Nova was given to 14 times as many girls than boys.

Baby names that sound like Nova include Na'if (Arabic), Nabeeh (Arabic), Nabha (Indian), Nabhea, Nabhey, Nabhi, Nabhie, Nabhy, Nabih (Arabic), Naif (Arabic), Najeab, Nappie, Nappy, Nava (Hebrew), Navey, Navi, Navie, Navy, Nawwaf (Arabic), and Nayef.

† English pronunciation for Nova: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"