Asturian-Leonese and Spanish: habitational name from any of the
towns called Nova in Albacete or Asturies.Galician:
literally ‘new’, probably a habitational name from a place named Vila
Nova.Italian: unexplained. IGI: mainly
Italian.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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