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Tove is a Scandinavian given name that derives from the Old Norse name Tófa. The name is usually given to girls but occasionally to boys. It is also an alternative English spelling of the Hebrew name more commonly spelled Tovah or Tova.




Origins


Some believe the name to be a shortening of Þorfríðr, whose elements are the deity-name Thor and Old Norse fríðr 'beautiful'. Tófa and Tófi appear to have been relatively popular names in the 10th and 11th centuries and are found in Anglo-Scandinavian court witness lists and later in the Domesday Book in their Latinised form. The personal name became a surname in medieval England, with spellings of Tovi, Tovie (16th century) and Tovey recorded in wills and church documents.




Notable women


Tove of the Obotrites, 10th-century Wendish princess
Tove Alexandersson, Swedish orienteer
Tove Ditlevsen, Danish poet and author
Tove Edfeldt, Swedish actress
Tove Fergo, Danish vicar and politician
Tove Jansson, Finnish artist and author
Tove Lindbo Larsen, Danish politician
Tove Lo, Swedish singer
Tove Maës, Danish actress
Tove Nilsen, Norwegian writer
Tove Nielsen (politician), Danish politician
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (1940-2023), Finnish linguist and educator
Tove Styrke, Swedish singer
Birte Tove (1945–2016), Danish actress and nude model




Notable men


Tove (sculptor), 12th-century Scanian sculptor
Tove Christensen, Canadian actor and producer




Fictional characters


a legendary young woman, mistress of the Danish King Waldemar, and subject of a poem by Jens Peter Jacobsen best known for its musical setting as the Gurre-Lieder of Arnold Schoenberg
a fictional, slithy creature created by Lewis Carroll that appears in his poem Jabberwocky




See also


High Tove, a mountain in the English Lake District
River Tove, tributary of the Great Ouse in England
TOVE Project, an ontology for modelling enterprises
Tove (film), a 2020 biopic about Tove Jansson
All pages with titles beginning with Tove
All pages with titles containing Tove
Tova (disambiguation)




References

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