Novy
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Frequency: (661)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Czech (Nový) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Novak.
2. Southern French: from old Occitan novi ‘newlywed husband’, derived from Latin novius.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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Mentioned in
Novey
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(family name)
Kosmonauts: The Sound of Kosmo Records, Vol. 1
(1999 Album by Tom Novy)
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