Novosad

English

Alternative forms

• Nowosad

Etymology

Of Slavic origin:

• As a Czech and Slovak surname, from Novosad in Slovakia, from nový (“new”) + sad (“plant”).
• As a Ukrainian and Belarusian surname, from multiple places called Novosady, identical to the above.

Also Americanized from the Jewish adaptation of the above, Novosadski (mainly found in Poland, after the placename Nowosady).

Proper noun

Novosad (plural Novosads)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Novosad is the 30825^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 755 individuals. Novosad is most common among White (96.69%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Novosad”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 681.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɔvɔsat]

Proper noun

Novosad m anim (feminine Novosadová)

1. a male topographic surname

Further reading

• “Novosad”, 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