Nova-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NOH-va-MAY
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Nova-May is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “new + the month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Nova-May mean?
Latin: Nova + May
“new + the month of May”
Joins Nova (Latin, “new”) and May (English, “the month of May”).
Meanings borrowed from Nova and May.
Is Nova-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Nova-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nova-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Nova-May, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Nova-May or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Nova-Mae 14
- Nova-May 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Nova-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
Names like Nova-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nora, Nova, Romy, Maeva, Aurora, Maeve, Mabel, Rosie, Clementine, Athena, Cecilia, Rosa
Other spellings of Nova-May
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Luna, Emilia, Max, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin, Felix, Camila
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nova-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nova-may, updated 20 October 2026.