Dove

Nature name

"dove, a bird"

Dove Origin and Meaning

The name Dove is a girl's name of English origin meaning "dove, a bird".

One of the new bird names, like Lark and Wren, this one's associated with the billing and cooing sounds of love. Soft and gentle, Dove also has the admirable association with peace.

Dove was actually an early bird, used as a first name in the seventeenth century and in the U.S. Top 1000 through the 1890's.

One admirable surname association is with Rita Dove, the Pulitzer Prize winning poet and former United States Poet Laureate.

Dove Rank in US Top 1000

# 940 in the US

Dove Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 573 on Nameberry

Dove Popularity

• 573 Nameberry 2025

20 Names Similar to Dove

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Famous People Named Dove

• Dove Cameron (born Chloe Celeste Hosterman) American actress
• Dove Garrett American prima ballerina
• Dove Mellencamp Arroyave (b. 2020) daughter of Teddi Mellencamp and Edwin Arroyave

Dove in Pop Culture

• Dove Isabeau title character of a book by Jane Yolen
• Dovasary "Dove" Balitang character from Tamora Pierce's "Daughter of the Lioness" series
• "Dove " one of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's pet names for his wife and muse Lizzie Siddal
• Dovewing character in the "Warriors" series by Erin Hunter
• Peleia meaning "dove" was an ancient Greek title for female seers ,such as the Peleiades (Doves) of Dodona