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==English==

===Etymology===
* As an English surname, from the adjective {{m|en|new}}.
* Also as an English surname, from a misdivision of {{der|en|enm|atten}} {{m|enm|ew|t=at the yew}}.
* As a {{der|en|de|-}} and Jewish surname, Americanized from {{m|en|Neu}}.
* As a {{der|en|zh|-}} surname, from a Romanization of {{m|zh|牛}} (see {{m|en|Niu}}) and {{m|zh|梁}} (see {{m|en|Liang}}).

===Proper noun===
{{wikipedia|New (surname)}}
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{surname|en|from=nicknames}}.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1980|author=John Douglas Sinks; Karen Mirinda Cain|title=Sinks: A Family History|page=9
|passage=The surname, "'''New'''," appears on both Hampshire Co., Virginia and Pendleton Co., Kentucky records.}}
# {{lb|en|Oxon|informal|uncommon}} {{ellipsis of|en|{{w|New College, Oxford}}}}.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=enw|Wen|wen}}