Given name & surname · also Romance
Casanova
“house”·“new”
Casanova is a surname from Romance, ultimately from Catalan. It is used in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Catalan, and 2 other languages.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Casanova is built from elements meaning “house” and “new”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Casanova comes from Romance, and ultimately from Catalan.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Spanish Casanova, from Italian Casanova, from Catalan Casanova.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Casanova through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 194
- 194 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,059 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,059 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 as a first name in 2020; 9,393 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Casanova’s family of names
In Italian usage, Casanova as a surname shares a linguistic root with the German form NEUHAUS. In Italian usage, Casanova as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form NEWHOUSE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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