It's common place for people to take the name of their partner in marriage, traditionally this is the man's name that continues a legacy of it's name sake and meaning into future generations. In our consistently adapting modern world, we wanted to take a step away from older traditions and mark our wedding as the start of a new family legacy. The name Novakin was chosen by both of us after some long discussions and months of researching names and the meaning of names across multiple languages and historical cultures. We decided to choose Novakin over any pre-existing name to start a new name without historical ties. Novakin is broken into two words for its meaning, 'Nova' coming from the Latin word novus meaning 'new' and 'Kin' coming from the old English meaning 'one's family and relations'. So with that, Novakin meaning New Family became our chosen name.