Novak

See also: novak and Novák

English

Etymology

Usually from Czech Novák or Slovak Novák, but possibly also from Serbo-Croatian Nȍvāk, Slovene Novák, or Hungarian Novák.

Proper noun

Novak (plural Novaks)

1. A surname.
2. A male given name.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Novak is the 980^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 35,461 individuals. Novak is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.

German

Alternative forms

• Nowak

Etymology

Usually from Czech Novák or Slovak Novák, but possibly also from Serbo-Croatian Nȍvāk, Slovene Novák, or Hungarian Novák. The meaning newcomer, novice is equivalent to the native surname Neumann

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoːvak/

Proper noun

Novak m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Novaks or (with an article) Novak, feminine genitive Novak, plural Novaks)

1. a surname

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nôʋaːk/

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Proper noun

Nȍvāk m

1. a surname

Statistics

• According to the 2021 Croatian census, Novak is the 6^th most common surname in Croatia, belonging to 9739 individuals.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔvak]

Proper noun

Novak m pers (genitive singular Novaka, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Novak

	singulare tantum
nominative	Novak
genitive	Novaka
dative	Novakovi
accusative	Novaka
locative	Novakovi
instrumental	Novakom

Further reading

• “Novak”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From:

• nov (“new”), for "newcomer to the village".
• novina (“new arable land”), as an occupational surname for people who used the slash-and-burn method to create new arable land. Compare Novinec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔʋàːk/

Proper noun

Novák m anim

1. a surname. By statistics, it's the most common surname in Slovenia

Inflection

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Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Novák
genitive	Nováka
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Novák
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Nováka
dative (dajȃlnik)	Nováku
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Nováka
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Nováku
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Novákom