Given name
Nowa
“an active woman; movement”
Nowa is a variant of Noa. One Hebrew interpretation is “an active woman; movement.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nowa is a variant of Noa. One Hebrew interpretation is “an active woman; movement.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nowa is a variant of Noa. An origin associated with Noa is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nowa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,352 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,352 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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