Novak

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

Novak (plural Novaks)

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

• 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.

• Nowak

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoːvak/

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

1. a surname

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔvak]

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

1. a surname

• “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

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.

• IPA^(key): /nɔʋàːk/

Novák m anim

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