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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

NovaIn Hebrew: נובה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Nova (Hebrew: נובה) is a girl's name of international origin. 67 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 2018, with 6 babies.

People in Israel
67
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
2018
6 babies
USA, 2025
4,657
rank #46

Writing and saying Nova

In Hebrew letters the name is נובה, read right to left. Nova is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Nova by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Nova: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Nova in English-speaking countries

Nova in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20254,657#462022 (5,927)
United Kingdom2025723#712025 (723)
England and Wales2025650#682025 (650)
Scotland202556#742024 (72)
Northern Ireland202517#1212024 (20)
Ireland202526#1832024 (26)
British Columbia202348#452021 (68)
Alberta202537#982016 (56)
Quebec202533#1712025 (33)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Nova has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Nova

How do you write Nova in Hebrew?

Nova is written נובה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Nova?

67 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נובה: 67 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Nova a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named נובה are women.

Is Nova used outside Israel?

The name Nova appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 4,657 girls were given it in 2025 (#46), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 723 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.