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Novak

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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.

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Other Languages & CulturesNovik(Belarusian) Novák, Novotný, Nováček(Czech) Novák(Hungarian) Nowak(Polish) Novikov(Russian) Novák(Slovak)
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Entry updated December 8, 2017

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