Nova

Where Nova comes from

From Latin nova (“new”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Nova
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Nova through the years
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #629 among girls with 12 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1885
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1971
    Nova Peris born
    Australian politician, hockey player and sprinter
  4. 1977
    Nova Widianto born
    badminton player
  5. 2022
    Peak, #32
    5,927 babies named Nova, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Nova Peris · Australian politician, hockey player and sprinter, born 1971
  • Nova Widianto · badminton player, born 1977
  • Nova Pilbeam · British actress, 1919–2015
  • Nova Arianto · Indonesian footballer, born 1978
  • Nova Villa · Filipino actress, born 1947

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.