Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage Slovene, Croatian, Serbian Scripts Новак(Serbian) Meaning & History Derived from Slavic novy "new", originally a name for someone who was new to a village. DetailsRelated Names Other Languages & CulturesNovik(Belarusian) Novák, Novotný, Nováček(Czech) Novák(Hungarian) Nowak(Polish) Novikov(Russian) Novák(Slovak) Same SpellingNovák Categories nicknames Entry updated December 8, 2017 ·