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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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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

weeanniee · 19/11/2025 01:46

I have a Nova she's 3... named after a supernova my sister was space obsessed and she sadly passed before my Nova was born.

Yes she gets Nova scotia as a nickname and yes it also reminds me of a car and her surname is also a car name! None of this matters we all love her name and so does everyone else. Her big brothers teacher just had a baby and also called her Nova

Outside9 · 19/11/2025 01:22

Vaguelyclassical · 19/11/2025 01:18

It is not a bit unique (well, certainly the word isn't). It's been around for ever; it is the Latin word (feminine) for "new." Nova Scotia is "New Scotland." See also the phenomenon of the "new star" (nova) in astronomy.

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This had already being discussed with other pedantic users on this thread.

Vaguelyclassical · 19/11/2025 01:18

Outside9 · 18/11/2025 12:08

I like it personally. It's unique.

It makes me think of Nova Scotia

It is not a bit unique (well, certainly the word isn't). It's been around for ever; it is the Latin word (feminine) for "new." Nova Scotia is "New Scotland." See also the phenomenon of the "new star" (nova) in astronomy.

VikaOlson · 18/11/2025 23:55

I do think it's cute but I've met loads recently!

LBFseBrom · 18/11/2025 23:52

Calliopespa · 18/11/2025 23:24

I think in fairness that's Noro isn't it?

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I think you are right.
It is a car though.

However, now I know it is not a virus :) , I looked it up and Nova is a star, which I should have known being as there was a song about a super one.

Calliopespa · 18/11/2025 23:24

LBFseBrom · 18/11/2025 22:25

It's a car or a virus. No thanks.

I think in fairness that's Noro isn't it?

RowOfRunners · 18/11/2025 22:33

Reminds me of a big pharmaceutical company.

LBFseBrom · 18/11/2025 22:25

It's a car or a virus. No thanks.

WithChips · 18/11/2025 22:23

I think of a supernova, as in an exploding star. It's pretty and along the same lines as naming a child Star, Seren, Stella or Luna. I get the music festival connection but not convinced that makes it an innapropriate name.

Hiptothisjive · 18/11/2025 19:33

PevenseygirlQQ · 18/11/2025 17:25

From what I’ve seen it’s in the top 100 names for the US last year, but as you live there you I must be wrong

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No you probably aren’t wrong. I am from there I don’t live there anymore but haven’t heard the name ….maybe it’s a new thing.

CoffeeBeansGalore · 18/11/2025 19:14

There's some lovely names from constellations/astrophysics, some from Greek or Norse origin that she could consider.

Cassiopeia
Astra
Astrid
Danica
Lyra
Elara
Seren
Vega

BoleynMemories13 · 18/11/2025 18:40

It's not my style at all but I also wouldn't think it's what your friend is looking for. Nova is a modern fad name which is rapidly rising up the charts. It's not unusual anymore and will date terribly.

Treylime · 18/11/2025 17:28

Reminds me of my first car.

PevenseygirlQQ · 18/11/2025 17:25

Hiptothisjive · 18/11/2025 16:47

Not sure. I don’t know anyone in the US or Canada who has this name (I’m from there so not just I know a few people or have been on holiday there).

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From what I’ve seen it’s in the top 100 names for the US last year, but as you live there you I must be wrong

CurlewKate · 18/11/2025 16:53

MidnightPatrol · 18/11/2025 11:04

Increasingly popular and now in the top 100.

579 baby girls were called Nova in 2023.

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

Hiptothisjive · 18/11/2025 16:47

PevenseygirlQQ · 18/11/2025 16:34

I think its a lovely name, I think its more common in America, I only know 1 and she is in her 50’s now

Not sure. I don’t know anyone in the US or Canada who has this name (I’m from there so not just I know a few people or have been on holiday there).

PInkyStarfish · 18/11/2025 16:45

It’s Avon backwards, which is equally as awful as a Christian name.

Hiptothisjive · 18/11/2025 16:45

I think of the terrorist attack or Nova Scotia. Literally meaning New Scotland.

Why would you name your kid something associated with a terrorist attack and/or meaning the word new? That kid is in for a lifetime of teasing cause kids aren’t always nice.

OttersMayHaveShifted · 18/11/2025 16:43

I don't get your point. Other people having a name doesn't mean it's not unique.

Yes it does. What do you think unique means?

OP - Nova is apparently quite a popular gender-neutral-ish name change choice for alternative, gender-questioning girls.

WanderlustMom · 18/11/2025 16:42

I love it and it was one of my top choices for this baby but everyone else hated it

LetItGoToRuin · 18/11/2025 16:39

I immediately thought of a bad chat-up line in the film, American Pie.

"Friends call me Nova. As in, Casanova."

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Ddakji · 18/11/2025 16:39

I would have said nice but for me it is now associated with the October 7 terrorist attack at the Nova music festival. So it’s a no from me.

IsoldeWagner · 18/11/2025 16:37

Outside9 · 18/11/2025 16:35

@IsoldeWagner @Tryingtokeepgoing actually, there are others definitions beyond "one of a kind" e.g. unusual or remarkable.

It's still unique for a girl to hold that name imo, but we can agree to disagree. To prevent the pedantic back and forth, we can say it's at least 'uncommon'.

The main point that's relevant to OP is whether it's a nice name, and in my opinion it is.

We can avoid the pedantic back and forth by using the right term! It's not a unique name.
However, fair point - perhaps "rare" or "less than common" or "not Margot" would suffice 😉

Outside9 · 18/11/2025 16:35

@IsoldeWagner @Tryingtokeepgoing actually, there are others definitions beyond "one of a kind" e.g. unusual or remarkable.

It's still unique for a girl to hold that name imo, but we can agree to disagree. To prevent the pedantic back and forth, we can say it's at least 'uncommon'.

The main point that's relevant to OP is whether it's a nice name, and in my opinion it is.