Nova-Rae
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 28 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
28
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1166
28 babies
Nova-Rae by the numbers
In 2025, 28 babies in England and Wales were named Nova-Rae.
What we can tell you about Nova-Rae
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nova-Rae. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nova-Maenew star; compound with mae14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Novarae9 in the US (2017)
- Novah-Rae5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nova-Gracenew star; compound name combining nova and grace17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nova-Leenew; a form of Nova with Lee5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nova-Maynew; a form of Nova with May5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Nova-Rae
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