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CosyCat123 · 2025-11-18T11:00:23+00:00

Friend is looking for new and unconventional girls names so I suggested Nova - what do people think?

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FettleOfKish · 20/11/2025 11:07

A car. An attack at a music festival. One of the babies on Teen Mom. Probably niche but a dingy guesthouse in Jersey (formerly called Isis).

It’s a no from me.

CruCru · 20/11/2025 10:54

Beachtastic · 18/11/2025 11:11

That was my first thought too! 🥺

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And mine.

Angelacramford · 20/11/2025 09:38

Whatifitallgoesright · 18/11/2025 11:02

It will always be associated with a violent terrorist attack so maybe not.

I had to google this (I knew about the attack but didn’t know it was called nova music festival) everyone I know refers to it as October the 7th.
I worked in a school and there was a couple of Novas just sounds like a regular name to me.

Its sad to say most tragic incidents are forgotten after years (except big ones like 9/11) and I highly doubt her classmates would think of this

winterbluess · 20/11/2025 09:36

Quite popular in america

Calliopespa · 20/11/2025 09:33

LuluH82 · 20/11/2025 09:04

It was actually the name of the baby’s great grandmother. I just looked it up and it was used in the Victorian times right up to the 1930s when it went out of fashion. Food for thought.

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Oh that's really interesting. I've never heard it and it has a really modern sound to me!

GetToHeaven · 20/11/2025 09:14

I’ve met quite a few over the last few years. I don’t like it personally but clearly lots do.

LuluH82 · 20/11/2025 09:04

Calliopespa · 20/11/2025 08:49

I think that is slightly different though because both Daisy and Elsie were out of fashion/old lady names for some time, but not unheard of, whereas Nova is not a name I have heard before.

To me it sounds like a brand name, and oddly enough in the news last night an article on UPFs mentioned a Nova food rating scale.

That said, it isn't a horrible sound and, given I am not a fan of "name neologism", I think it is not a bad name on the whole. I can see how it might sound fresh and appeal to people who are bored of traditional names which I am not.

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It was actually the name of the baby’s great grandmother. I just looked it up and it was used in the Victorian times right up to the 1930s when it went out of fashion. Food for thought.

Calliopespa · 20/11/2025 08:49

LuluH82 · 20/11/2025 07:17

I know two. One is about 26 the other 7. There are others out there.
side note, I got slated when my eldest was born. people said “you can’t call a baby Elsie”. She’s 20. Now there are so many- little ones especially. Same happened to my mum who had a “daisy” 38 years ago. Again, it became a popular little girls name in time. It’s hard to predict if your name wont become mainstream.

I think that is slightly different though because both Daisy and Elsie were out of fashion/old lady names for some time, but not unheard of, whereas Nova is not a name I have heard before.

To me it sounds like a brand name, and oddly enough in the news last night an article on UPFs mentioned a Nova food rating scale.

That said, it isn't a horrible sound and, given I am not a fan of "name neologism", I think it is not a bad name on the whole. I can see how it might sound fresh and appeal to people who are bored of traditional names which I am not.

SparklyCardigan · 20/11/2025 07:21

I didn't make the connection until the next poster explained. I don't like it as a name though.

LuluH82 · 20/11/2025 07:17

I know two. One is about 26 the other 7. There are others out there.
side note, I got slated when my eldest was born. people said “you can’t call a baby Elsie”. She’s 20. Now there are so many- little ones especially. Same happened to my mum who had a “daisy” 38 years ago. Again, it became a popular little girls name in time. It’s hard to predict if your name wont become mainstream.

Squirrelmirrel2 · 19/11/2025 16:49

I'm not keen personally but my friend has a Nova and it's a perfectly nice name and fits in with a lot of names of this generation. If I liked it I'd use it.

Carlyove · 19/11/2025 12:37

I like it! Mumsnet notoriously have a hard time with any names that aren’t deadly dull.

i chose a slightly unusual name for my little girl. Non traditional name and I guarantee MN. Would hate it whereas in real life we have got so many compliments.

I’d go for it

Calliopespa · 19/11/2025 10:27

WithChips · 19/11/2025 09:54

I also love that show, it's my guilty pleasure. One mom has a Stella and a Nova, both names space/star themed

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Stella is a name that I can only ever mentally envisage being screeeched!

WithChips · 19/11/2025 09:54

Joleana · 19/11/2025 01:58

Showing my age / terrible taste in trash TV but it seems to be quite a popular name on Teen Mom on MTV. So quite American and maybe not the classiest choice? I sort of assumed it was a modern form of Neveah

I also love that show, it's my guilty pleasure. One mom has a Stella and a Nova, both names space/star themed

SnowFrogJelly · 19/11/2025 09:52

I prefer Seren

SnowFrogJelly · 19/11/2025 09:52

It is on the Archers!

Joleana · 19/11/2025 09:51

Calliopespa · 19/11/2025 09:37

In fairness, there is none of the backwards spelling gimmick: it is what it is in that sense,

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True. It just strikes me as an American 'trendy' name because I only ever heard it from trash TV. That's really all I was trying to say

KilliMonjaro · 19/11/2025 09:45

Makes me think Champaign Super
How about Seren instead op? On a star theme…

Calliopespa · 19/11/2025 09:37

Joleana · 19/11/2025 09:12

No, not a version of Neveah; in the same ilk. Class-wise.

Maybe I should have said a modern version of Neveah 'etc' is that clearer? Like Abcde and Younique and Salleigh.

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In fairness, there is none of the backwards spelling gimmick: it is what it is in that sense,

Calliopespa · 19/11/2025 09:36

CurlewKate · 18/11/2025 16:53

Not terribly popular then, considering around 300000 baby girls were born in 2023!

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It is still far more than I'd have expected, as I've never heard of it as a name.

I'm not really a fan of non-traditional names generally so I'm probably a bit stiff and not a good person to gauge, but as far as names I've never heard of go, it probably is one I can see sounds quite cute and not twee for a grown woman.

I'm not particularly familiar with the car though, which might be influencing that. Rings a vague bell, but I'd never have made the connection without others pointing it out.

Joleana · 19/11/2025 09:12

VikaOlson · 19/11/2025 09:11

Weird that you'd think it was a version of Nevaeh though!

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No, not a version of Neveah; in the same ilk. Class-wise.

Maybe I should have said a modern version of Neveah 'etc' is that clearer? Like Abcde and Younique and Salleigh.

Namechangedforspooky · 19/11/2025 09:11

My first thought was Vauxhall but having said that I like it as a name!

VikaOlson · 19/11/2025 09:11

Joleana · 19/11/2025 09:09

Yes of course I've heard of it. But as a name, that's where I've heard it.

I've heard of lots of words. Not all of them should be used as names.

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Weird that you'd think it was a version of Nevaeh though!

Joleana · 19/11/2025 09:09

VikaOlson · 19/11/2025 09:05

You'd never heard the word Nova?

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Yes of course I've heard of it. But as a name, that's where I've heard it.

I've heard of lots of words. Not all of them should be used as names.

VikaOlson · 19/11/2025 09:05

Joleana · 19/11/2025 01:58

Showing my age / terrible taste in trash TV but it seems to be quite a popular name on Teen Mom on MTV. So quite American and maybe not the classiest choice? I sort of assumed it was a modern form of Neveah

You'd never heard the word Nova?