Fun Facts About the Name Novarae
- 143 babies named Novarae: U.S. records list 143 babies given the name Novarae from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Novarae Mean?
The meaning of the personal name Novarae is uncertain, and no traditional etymology is well established for it. Its shape is Latin, so the most natural reading treats it as a Latinate form of Novara or Novaria. In Latin, a feminine first-declension word ending in -a takes -ae in the genitive and dative singular and in the nominative plural. One explanation therefore connects the name to Latin novus (feminine nova, plural novae), "new," which would give a sense along the lines of "new" or "of the new." A second explanation reads the form as a case form of the northern Italian place name Novara (Latin Novaria), meaning "of Novara" or "at Novara." The two explanations are not mutually exclusive, since the town's own name is often traced to the same Latin word for "new," though a pre-Latin Ligurian or Celtic origin has also been proposed for the town. Which of these sources, if either, stands behind the personal name has not been established.
Novarae Name History & Origins
Novaria was the Latin name of a town in northern Italy, in the district the Romans called Transpadane Gaul; it is the modern city of Novara, in Piedmont west of Milan. The town appears in Roman sources under that name and was a Roman municipium. Its own name is usually linked to Latin novus, "new" - perhaps suggesting a newly founded settlement - but a pre-Latin Ligurian or Celtic origin has also been argued, and the town's etymology is not settled.
The ending of Novarae is a Latin case ending rather than an Italian one: in the first declension, -ae marks the genitive and dative singular and the nominative plural, so the genitive Novariae means "of Novara" and the dative means "at Novara" or "to Novara." The modern Italian place name drops the Latin -i-, giving Novara. How and when the form Novarae came to be used as a personal name, rather than as an inflected place name, is not established.
How Popular is the Name Novarae?
Novarae has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #5,087 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,356 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #5,543 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2023 | #5,087 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #7,540 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #10,111 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #9,378 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #11,139 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #9,643 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #11,374 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #18,144 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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