Tove

TOO-veh; TO-vuh

Scandinavian

"beautiful, beloved"

Tove Origin and Meaning

The name Tove is a girl's name of Swedish, Norwegian origin meaning "beautiful, beloved".

Tove is a modern variation of an Old Norse name for which there are no letters on the twenty-first century keyboard (Þórfríðr, for those interested.) Surviving and thriving in modern Scandinavia in the form of Tove, Tuva, and Tova, it is originally related to the name Thor and means "beautiful, beloved."

Internationally, its best-known wearers include Moomins creator Tove Jansson, and Swedish singer Tove, and in 2025, cctress Lily Collins named her daughter Tove Jane after Jansson which may bring the name more widespread attention.

Beyond Tove, other popular Scandinavian names include Toril, Maja, Tyra, and Ebba.

Tove Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 37 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Tove

• 37 Nameberry 2025
• 100 Sweden 2013

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Famous People Named Tove

• Tove Christensen Canadian film producer and actor
• Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen Danish poet and author
• Tove Anna Maja Edfeldt Swedish actress
• Tove Marika Jansson Finnish children's book author and artist
• Tove Jensen also known as Tiny Tove, Danish adult film actress
• Tove Lo stage name of Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson, Swedish singer
• Tove Rønnenkamp Maës Danish actress
• Tove Nilsen Norwegian writer
• Tove Anna Linnéa Östman Styrke Swedish singer
• (Hanna) Tove Dahlberg Swedish operatic mezzo,soprano
• Tove Jane McDowell Daugther of actress Lily Collins
• Tove Jane McDowell Daughter of Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell, b. 2025

The name Tove in Pop Culture

• Tove legendary girl, mistress of the Danish King Waldemar, and subject of a poem by Jens Peter Jacobsen
• Tove Hayes (formerly Cindy) character on TVs "Orange is the New Black"
• Tove fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll that appears in his poem Jabberwocky.
• High Tove mountain in the English Lake District
• River Tove tributary of the River Great Ouse in England