Tove

tov-eh

Scandinavian

"beautiful"

Tove Origin and Meaning

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

Tove is a modern variation of an Old Norse name for which there are no letters on the twenty-first century keyboard. It's related to Thor, and Tove and Tuva are the forms that survive and thrive in modern Scandinavia.

Internationally, its best known wearers include Moomins creator Tove Jansson, and Swedish singer Tove Lo.

Beyond Tove, other popular Scandinavian names not well known outside of the Nordic countries include Toril, Maja, Tyra, and Ebba.

Tove Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1133 on Nameberry

Tove Popularity

• 1120 Nameberry 2024
• 100 Sweden 2013

20 Names Similar to Tove

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Tove.

• Saga
• Toril
• Juni
• Sigrid
• Sunniva
• Tova
• Severine
• Tuva
• Beeja
• Maja
• Signe
• Tilde
• Orin
• Freja
• Mazarine
• Endellion
• Dovev
• Ottoline
• Winona
• Marvel

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 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