Novak (Serbian Cyrillic: Новак) is a Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and Hungarian masculine given name, derived from the adjective novo ("new") and the Slavic suffix –ak, roughly meaning "newcomer", "the new one". It may refer to:
Novak Djokovic (born 1987), Serbian tennis player
Novak Kilibarda (born 1934), Montenegrin politician
Novak Martinović (born 1985), Serbian footballer
Novak Radonić (1826–1890), Serbian painter
Novak Roganović (1932–2008), Serbian footballer
Novak Tomić (1936–2003), Serbian footballer
Novak Novak (1928–1995), Serbian writer and journalist
Starina Novak (1530–1601), Serbian commander
Novak Karaljuk (fl. 1404), Serbian commander
Novak Grebostrek (fl. 1312), Serbian commander