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Nova

Usually a girl's name

Literal meaning
Latin 'new' Likely

The word for a star that flares up comes from the same Latin, 'new star'.

Origin
Latin
Popularity

US 2025: #46 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #68

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.

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