Happy New Year Baby Names

I went to school with a girl named Raja… didn’t know it meant hope!
Happy New Year Nameberry!

Interesting list, although technically, Cait (roughly, “kite”) isn’t the Hindi name for January, because although it’s considered the first month of the year, it falls somewhere in March or April of the Gregorian calendar. The Hindi name for January transliterates as “janavarÄ«”.

Have a very Happy New Year!

My twins were born Tuesday! and one of my little girls names is Nova, I loved the astronomy connection as well as the meaning new, not just a new year, but a new life!

When you search Roxana on nameberry the meaning comes up as “little star.” I’ve wondering how that relates to dawn…

Kelsey, when we translated our book The Baby Name Bible into the database that became nameberry, names that had two or alternate definitions sometimes have one definition hidden because of the way the coding was done. That’s what happened with Roxana, which I just fixed. Often we don’t find those until we have some reason to look at the name in the “back end” of the site, where we can see the hidden definition or origin. And for a long, complicated blog like this one, we sometimes use our books as reference rather than the site itself as it’s easier to page back and forth.

Stacy Lou, congratulations on your twins! I LOVE the name Nova! Beautiful! What did you name the other twin?

Janus

I think Nova is charting in the top1000, but for boys.

One of Roseanna’s playmates is a little girl named Nova. It’s a pretty name, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes more popular.

Stacy Lou congrats on your twins! Love Nova!

Happy New Year Berries!

thank you! I’m just in exstatic mama mode! they are my first and were perfectly healthy and beautiful. Nova Louise’s twin sis is Ziva Ann. One meaning for Ziva is “bright or brilliant” which I loved with the name Nova (a star that will give off great energy and become very bright)

Similar to the comment about Roxana, the more common meaning in my native language (a Slavic language) for Zora/Zorina is “star.” I have a cousin named Zoriana, and I’ve always loved her name.