Ove

Scandinavian

"edge; fear"

Ove Origin and Meaning

The name Ove is a boy's name meaning "edge; fear".

A common male given name in Sweden, Americans might know him as the main character from Fredrik Backman’s novel A Man Called Ove, and the Oscar-nominated 2015 film adaptation by the same name. Ove is believed to derive from the Danish prefix Agh- meaning "edge" or "fear".

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