# Novak

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #18,377

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

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

## Easily confused with
- **novi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/novak-vs-novi)
- **novel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/novak-vs-novel)
- **nov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nov-vs-novak)
- **Noa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noa-vs-novak)
- **Noah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noah-vs-novak)
- **nova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nova-vs-novak)
- **Nora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nora-vs-novak)
- **NOAA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noaa-vs-novak)
- **nook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nook-vs-novak)
- **NOLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nola-vs-novak)
- **Noam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noam-vs-novak)
- **Neva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-novak)
- **naval** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naval-vs-novak)
- **Nolan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nolan-vs-novak)
- **nomad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nomad-vs-novak)
- **Navas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/navas-vs-novak)
- **NORAD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norad-vs-novak)

## Common misspellings (7)
`nnovak`, `noavk`, `novakk`, `novka`, `novvak`, `nvoak`, `onvak`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/novak