Novi is a modern American name taken from the Latin novus, "new", the root of Nova, and it is also the name of a city in Michigan. It belongs to the family of short Nova-style names, Nova, Novah and Navy, that took off in the 2010s. Novi ranked number 9978 in 2015 and has climbed almost every year since, reaching number 2560 in 2025, its best position so far.