[Opinions] Nova....for a boy?
Do you think Nova could work on a boy? It randomly popped into my head and I kind of like it. I feel like since it’s a word name, it can be unisex. I still love it for a girl.
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It charted for boys in the US in 2017, so clearly some people think it's usable for boys.
Most names are words, doesn't mean all girls names should be used on boys or vice versa.
This is an odd choice I have seen used on boys lately. Makes no sense to use it on a male. It is a Latin feminine adjective and there is really no history of this name being used on boys other than a few parents thought this sounded close enough to Noah and stuck it on their sons. No.
For sure. It's more of a nature name to me.
The idea of it on a boy is totally rad.
The idea of it on a boy is totally rad.
I see it working fine.
Honestly the biggest thing I see potentially being an issue (whether good or bad is entirely up to you) is that I'm sure Disney/Marvel will make a Nova film in the next decade or so as two of their prominent (male) characters do have the codename Nova and they've already introduced the Nova Corps (the basis of operation for the character) in the Guardians of The Galaxy films.
Personally speaking, I met a teenage boy named T'Challa last year and he seemed to think the Black Panther movie was one of the coolest things that had ever happened to him concerning his name (The Black Panther is named T'Challa) so I doubt most kids would find a superhero association to be a bad thing.
Honestly the biggest thing I see potentially being an issue (whether good or bad is entirely up to you) is that I'm sure Disney/Marvel will make a Nova film in the next decade or so as two of their prominent (male) characters do have the codename Nova and they've already introduced the Nova Corps (the basis of operation for the character) in the Guardians of The Galaxy films.
Personally speaking, I met a teenage boy named T'Challa last year and he seemed to think the Black Panther movie was one of the coolest things that had ever happened to him concerning his name (The Black Panther is named T'Challa) so I doubt most kids would find a superhero association to be a bad thing.
Yes, but I dislike it for both genders.
It's ludicrous. Word name it may be, but it's a feminine adjective in Latin. The masculine equivalent would be Novus. I cannot imagine why a male Nova could ever look like a good idea, but no doubt he would be unlikely to learn any Latin so he'd never know that he was a walking howler.
Rachel is also a word related to nature in Hebrew but people don't stick on their boys. This name has had a long history of use on females stretching back to Medieval times. I couldn't figure out why I was seeing this on boys lately but someone in an earlier thread mentioned it is in some Marvel comic.
I actually really love it for a boy, much more than a girl
Sure. It's even on the chart for a boy right now.
I didn’t know that.