Nova Forename
8,917th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 115,638 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia
Nova Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: New.
Nova Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 82% | 86,076 | 1:2,997 | 331 |
| Philippines | 99% | 9,035 | 1:11,733 | 1,504 |
| Egypt | 100% | 5,726 | 1:16,050 | 1,312 |
| United States | 93% | 5,371 | 1:67,499 | 3,420 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,016 | 1:79,098 | 5,826 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 1,089 | 1:67,794 | 4,008 |
| England | 100% | 652 | 1:85,281 | 3,381 |
| India | 78% | 584 | 1:2,080,270 | 107,131 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 423 | 1:16,908 | 1,765 |
| Canada | 100% | 353 | 1:93,862 | 4,885 |
| Ghana | 100% | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Serbia | 100% | 245 | 1:29,166 | 1,559 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 204 | 1:51,134 | 3,395 |
| Jamaica | - | 194 | 1:14,862 | 1,421 |
| South Africa | 97% | 146 | 1:373,511 | 19,653 |
| Tanzania | 85% | 136 | 1:388,149 | 12,246 |
| Australia | - | 119 | 1:114,770 | 3,876 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Malaysia | 81% | 107 | 1:284,579 | 14,752 |
| China | - | 105 | 1:13,010,055 | 59,871 |
| Brazil | 100% | 94 | 1:2,279,108 | 46,064 |
| Sweden | 94% | 93 | 1:105,999 | 4,465 |
| Netherlands | 97% | 89 | 1:189,911 | 7,337 |
| Russia | 86% | 76 | 1:1,897,812 | 13,039 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 75 | 1:316,929 | 22,586 |
| Thailand | 90% | 63 | 1:1,112,156 | 38,881 |
| Israel | 100% | 57 | 1:147,420 | 5,316 |
| Haiti | 100% | 52 | 1:206,288 | 9,257 |
| Qatar | 75% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| New Zealand | - | 48 | 1:94,501 | 4,171 |
| Wales | 100% | 42 | 1:73,674 | 2,111 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Mexico | 95% | 37 | 1:3,355,255 | 15,943 |
| Italy | 74% | 35 | 1:1,744,631 | 12,743 |
| Peru | 96% | 33 | 1:963,377 | 13,103 |
| Scotland | 100% | 31 | 1:172,592 | 3,232 |
| Uganda | 61% | 31 | 1:1,321,191 | 20,529 |
| Nigeria | 53% | 30 | 1:5,918,812 | 82,027 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Singapore | 100% | 24 | 1:261,961 | 9,116 |
| Zimbabwe | 56% | 24 | 1:642,659 | 26,560 |
| Colombia | 100% | 23 | 1:2,077,345 | 17,160 |
| Ireland | 100% | 18 | 1:257,973 | 4,315 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54% | 16 | 1:509,520 | 38,497 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 15 | 1:2,013,460 | 35,361 |
| Denmark | - | 14 | 1:403,536 | 6,849 |
| Barbados | - | 13 | 1:22,291 | 1,774 |
| Germany | 70% | 12 | 1:8,056,490 | 29,150 |
| Honduras | 100% | 12 | 1:734,789 | 9,414 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Spain | - | 12 | 1:3,877,497 | 14,638 |
| Saint Lucia | 90% | 11 | 1:16,165 | 1,838 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 11 | 1:123,765 | 7,962 |
| France | 94% | 10 | 1:6,647,034 | 24,227 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 9 | 1:6,096 | 1,002 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Congo | 83% | 8 | 1:626,151 | 12,913 |
| Guyana | - | 8 | 1:95,408 | 7,334 |
| Kenya | 87% | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Nepal | 86% | 7 | 1:4,069,622 | 46,681 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Finland | 80% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3 | 1:3,830,014 | 25,398 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Switzerland | 74% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Belize | - | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 81% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Nová (10) & Ñova (1) are calculated separately.
Nova (80,715) may also be a surname.
Nova Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: New.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Latin name, meaning: New: the name of a temporary star. (North American Indian) Chasing a butterfly.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Nova Forename Popularity
Nova Demographics
Nova Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 10 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Nova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nova in the Russian language | ||
| Нова | nova | - |
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