Nova

NO-vuh

Latin

"new"

Nova Origin and Meaning

The name Nova is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "new".

Nova has the feel of both newness, from its meaning, and great energy as an astronomical term for a star that increases suddenly in brightness before fading.

Nova had some reasonable degree of popularity at the turn of the last century, only to disappear for more than 70 years before making a, well, astronomical comeback. Nova now ranks in the US Top 50 for baby girls and also entered the UK Top 100 in 2022.

Nova Pilbeam, the star of one of Hitchcock's early British films, had family ties to Nova Scotia. Other Nova ties: the long-running science TV show and the finest kind of lox.

Given to more than 5000 girls in the US each year - and to a not insubstantial 240 boys - Nova is a current star that doesn't look as though it will be fading any time soon.

Nova Rank in US Top 1000

# 35 in the US

Nova Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 37 on Nameberry

Nova Popularity

• 35 US 2023
• 37 Nameberry 2024
• 80 Canada 2023
• 68 Future 2028
• 91 England 2022
• 71 Scotland 2023
• 417 Germany 2016
• 40 Netherlands 2023
• 45 Sweden 2022
• 25 Dogs 2023
• 29 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Nova

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• Luna
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• Aurora
• Atlas
• Andromeda
• Clover
• Willow
• Wren
• Orion
• Ophelia
• Sage
• Iris
• Raven
• Lux
• Ivy
• Aria
• Freya
• Rain
• Calypso
• Indigo

Famous People Named Nova

• Nova Margery Pilbeam British stage and film actress
• Nova Maree Peris first Aboriginal Australian to win an Olympic gold medal (hockey) and Australia's first female Indigenous federal parliamentarian
• Nova Ren Suma American novelist
• Nova Skipp English actress; daughter of actor Colin Skipp
• Nova Danzig (b. 2008) daughter of mixed martial artist Mac Danzig
• Nova Star DeJesus (b. 2011) daughter of TV personality Briana DeJesus of "Teen Mom 3"
• Nova Campbell (b. 2014) daughter of actress Lake Bell and Scott Campbell
• Novalee Reign "Nova" Baltierra (b. 2015) daughter of TV personalities Catelynn and Tyler Baltierra of "Teen Mom"
• Nova Whitfield (b. 2016) daughter of rapper/actor DC Young Fly and Jacky Oh
• Nova Reedus daughter of Norman Reedus and Diane Kruger.

Nova in Pop Culture

• Nova character in "Planet of the Apes"
• Nova Prescott main character in the Disney film "Prom"
• Nova a character in the movie "Sharknado"
• Nova Corps intergalactic police force from the "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie series
• "Terra Nova " a 2011 Fox TV series
• November Annabella "Nova" Terra Character in the Starcraft Universe
• Nova character in MoondustBri's YouTube series Lunar Project 2.0
• Nova Artino/Nova McLain the main character of Marissa Meyer's Renegades novels.
• Nova Citroen character in the Jackie Collins novel 'Rock Star'.
• Nova popular British women's magazine of the 1960s
• 'Biba Nova' song from the British television series 'Rock Follies'.