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Nova

55 replies

user6728 · 09/07/2019 21:50

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stucknoue · 10/07/2019 09:26

I think I'll have this on cut and paste ... think about whether at 18 or 28 or whatever that cute little bundle will be embarrassed by their name - imagine they join the army and are passing out of Sandhurst, they are getting called to the bar, they are a teacher, is their name going to hinder them on their cv. Nova perhaps is more a nickname?

kittytiggy · 10/07/2019 09:37

It's my poodle's name Grin

Zoeputthatdown · 10/07/2019 09:43

Refreshingly different.

Kenworthington · 10/07/2019 09:45

I love love love it

bobloblawlawblog · 10/07/2019 09:47

Love it. Was on my list before found out was having a boy!

kmammamalto · 10/07/2019 09:48

Love it. Had a friend in my youth called Nova. She was lovely!

monsieurmarius · 10/07/2019 10:42

Unfortunately I just think of Novocaine (and the greenday song "give me novocaine") but then again I am a doctor so that might just be me.

I like it as a pet name but sorry, it really doesnt work as a human name for me

supercee · 10/07/2019 10:51

Couple on Teen Mom have a Nova (yes it's my guilty watching pleasure Blush).

AzraiL · 10/07/2019 11:33

@supercee that's what I was going to say! Reminds me of the Teen Mom baby.

Kokeshi123 · 10/07/2019 13:04

Car.

Also (ironically) means "doesn't go" in Spanish.

TheRLodger · 10/07/2019 13:05

No I would think Vauxhall or Scotia

Frith2013 · 10/07/2019 13:06

Surely a Nova Ring is a form of contraception?

StealthPolarBear · 10/07/2019 13:06

Cassanova

LoafofSellotape · 10/07/2019 13:08

It'll be shortened to No.

Namechangedonceagain · 10/07/2019 16:46

Like it!

NuffingChora · 10/07/2019 22:57

@Frith2013 It’s a Nuvaring and I’m not sure that’s a connection many would make...?

Gertie75 · 10/07/2019 23:01

I hadn't heard of anyone with the name however now know 3 babies named Nova.

Still not keen though

EleanorOalike · 10/07/2019 23:08

Nova Winter is the name of Elsie Larson’s daughter (founder of A Beautiful Mess). Nova was adopted from China (and now has a sibling, Marigold, also from China and like Nova diagnosed with Albinism). The name Nova was given partly due to her being given a new life in the US with loving parents. She is the coolest most stylish kid ever so for that reason I love the name! www.instagram.com/elsielarson/?hl=en

theconstantinoplegardener · 10/07/2019 23:26

I thought of Novocaine too, I'm afraid! Still, perhaps she'll grow up to be a medic.

TurquoiseDress · 12/07/2019 13:25

I really like this name

Don't know anyone (big or small) with this name

It sounds fresh and modern

MikeUniformMike · 12/07/2019 14:29

Vauxhall Nova

Crunchymum · 12/07/2019 16:58

Have a Nova at DC school and it's been a "grower" of a name for me.

Wouldn't use it myself but its not awful.

daisypond · 12/07/2019 17:02

I can see the appeal, though I do think car myself. But I think it’s this generation’s Dawn.

TheInvisibleMrsCrane · 12/07/2019 22:34

Nova-T is a copper coil.

Dirtyjellycat · 13/07/2019 07:32

I know one Nova in her 40s, another in her 50s. I love it.

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