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Novy (m)
What are your thoughts on a boy in the English speaking world named Novy (no-VEE)From wikipedia: Novy is a masculine adjective and surname meaning "new" in many Slavic languages.
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Me no likey.
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I'd prefer Nova :PActually, it's very similar to the name of the city I grew up in (and lived in until a few months ago, and still work in) so it doesn't feel super namey to me. no-VEE is how my ex mispronounced the name of the city.But I'd probably be pretty interested if I met someone with the name. I just couldn't use it myself.
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As a name, I can see people assuming that it's a nn for Nova (lots of English nns end in a long e sound) or November. The y in correctly transliterated Russian isn't long e. I'm not sure how to describe it, exactly. It's kinda like saying long u and long e at the same time. I'm sure that's a bad descrtiption.
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