Ove

Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈuː.vɛ/ (Swedish) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Probably a modern form of the Old Danish name Aghi, originally a short form of names that contain the Old Norse element egg "edge of a sword" or agi "awe, fear" [1] [2] .

Related Names

VariantOwe (Swedish)
Other Languages & CulturesAge, Aike (Frisian) Eike, Uwe, Egon (German) Ago, Agi, Egino (Germanic) Egill (Icelandic) Egils (Latvian) Eike (Low German) Aghi, Egill (Old Norse)
Surname DescendantOvesen (Norwegian)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic mature informal common strong strange simple serious

Name Days

Estonia: January 11
Norway: October 30
Sweden: February 13
  1. Cleasby, Richard and Gudbrand Vigfusson. An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874), entry egg2, available from https://old-norse.net/html/e.php#egg2.
  2. Cleasby, Richard and Gudbrand Vigfusson. An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874), entry agi, available from https://old-norse.net/html/a.php#agi.

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