Ove (given name)
Ove is a Scandinavian given name. It is derived from the Old Danish name Aghi, itself probably a diminutive of the prefix Agh-, from the Germanic *aʒ- (meaning edge or fear). The name Ove is earliest attested in 1434 in Scania.[1]
Owe is another spelling of the same name, and Uwe is the German spelling. The name may refer to the following people:
- Ove Andersen (athlete) (1899–1967), Finnish athlete
- Ove Andersson (1938–2008), Swedish rally driver
- Ove Andersson (footballer) (1916–1983), Swedish footballer
- Leif Ove Andsnes (born 1970), Norwegian pianist
- Ove Ansteinsson (1884–1942), Norwegian journalist and author
- Ove Arup (1895–1988), Danish engineer
- Ove Aunli (born 1956), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Ove Bang (1895–1942), Norwegian architect
- Ove Bengtson (born 1945), Swedish tennis player
- Ove Berg (born 1944), Swedish middle-distance runner
- Ove H. Berg (1840–1922), American businessman and politician
- Stein Ove Berg (1948–2002), Norwegian singer and songwriter
- Ove Karl Berthelsen, Greenlandic politician
- Ove Alexander Billington (born 1979), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
- Ove Bjelke (1611–1674), Norwegian nobleman and statesman
- Ove Blomberg, Swedish footballer
- Ove Boudin (born 1950), Swedish grappa expert, importer and author
- Ove Christensen (born 1950), Danish Association football manager
- Kent Ove Clausen (born 1985), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Ove Dahl (1862–1940), Norwegian botanist
- Ove Dalsheim (born 1944), Norwegian trade unionist and politician
- Sten Ove Eike (born 1982), Norwegian footballer
- Ove Emanuelsson (born 1941), Swedish canoer
- Ove Ericsson, Swedish footballer
- Ove Frederiksen (1884–1966), Danish tennis player
- Ove Fundin (born 1933), Swedish speedway rider
- Ove Gjedde (1594–1660), Danish admiral
- Ove Grahn (1943–2007), Swedish footballer
- Kjell Ove Hauge (born 1969), Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower
- Ove Arbo Høeg (1898–1993), Norwegian botanist
- Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731–1808), Danish politician
- Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (born 1959), Australian biologist
- Hans Ove Hansen (1904–1994), Saskatchewan farmer and politician
- Ove Verner Hansen (1932–2016), Danish opera singer and actor
- Sven Ove Hansson (born 1951), Swedish professor of philosophy and author
- Nils Ove Hellvik (born 1962), Norwegian footballer
- Ove Bjelke Holtermann (1852–1936), Norwegian architect
- Ove König (1950–2020), Swedish speed skater
- Ove Jensen (1919–2011), Danish footballer
- Ove Jensen (cyclist) (born 1947), Danish cyclist
- Poul Ove Jensen (born 1937), Danish architect
- Ove Joensen (1948–1987), Faeroese seaman
- Ove Johansson (born 1948), Swedish player of American football
- Ove Jørstad (1970–2008), Norwegian footballer
- Ove Juul (1615–1686), Danish nobleman
- Truls Ove Karlsen (born 1975), Norwegian skier
- Ove Karlsson (footballer) (1915–1982), Swedish footballer
- Ove Karlsson (sports journalist) (born 1944), Swedish journalist, member of the ISOH
- Ove Karlsson (ice hockey) (born 1950), Swedish ice hockey player
- Ove Kindvall (born 1943), Swedish footballer
- Ove Kinnmark (1944–2015), Swedish chess master
- Ove Christian Charlot Klykken (1862–??), Norwegian politician
- Karl Ove Knausgård (born 1968), Norwegian author
- Geir Ove Kvalheim (born 1970), Norwegian film producer, director, actor and writer
- Ove Lemicka (born 1961), Norwegian politician
- Ove Lestander (born 1941), Swedish cross country skier
- Ove Liavaag (1938–2007), Norwegian civil servant
- Ove Ljung (1918–1997), Swedish Army lieutenant general
- Per-Ove Ludvigsen (born 1966), Norwegian footballer
- Ove Lundell (1930–2001), Swedish motocross racer
- Ove Malmberg (born 1933), Swedish ice hockey player
- Ove Gjerløw Meyer (1742–1790), Norwegian writer and jurist
- Niels-Ove Mikkelsen (born 1937), Danish sports shooter
- Lars Ove Moen (born 1959), Norwegian race walker
- Ove Molin (born 1971), Swedish ice hockey player
- Ove Nilsson (1918–2010), Swedish footballer
- Ove Nylén (born 1959), Swedish Olympic swimmer
- Ove Ødegaard (1931–1964), Norwegian footballer
- Jan-Ove Palmberg (born 1943), Swedish engineering professor
- Ove Paulsen (1874–1947), Danish botanist
- Jan Ove Pedersen (born 1968), Norwegian football coach and player
- Bent-Ove Pedersen (born 1967), Norwegian tennis player
- Svend Ove Pedersen (1920–2009), Danish rower
- Ove Pihl (born 1938), Swedish art director, book publisher and graphic designer
- Sten-Ove Ramberg (born 1955), Swedish footballer
- Ove Krogh Rants (born 1925), Danish cyclist
- Ove Rode (1867–1933), Danish politician and newspaper editor
- Ove Røsbak (born 1959), Norwegian writer
- Ove Rud (1923–2007), Danish actor
- Ove Rullestad (born 1940), Norwegian politician
- Stig Ove Sandnes (born 1970), Norwegian sports official
- Ove Sellberg (born 1959), Swedish golfer
- Ove Skåra (born 1961), Norwegian civil servant
- Ove Skaug (1912–2005), Norwegian engineer and civil servant
- Ove Sprogøe (1919–2004), Danish actor
- Kai Ove Stokkeland (born 1978), Norwegian footballer
- Svein Ove Strømmen (1949–2010), Norwegian businessperson
- Sven-Ove Svensson (1922–1987), Swedish footballer
- Ove Thorsheim (born 1949), Norwegian diplomat
- Ove Bernt Trellevik (born 1965), Norwegian politician
- Ove-Erik Tronvoll (born 1972), Norwegian skier
- Ove Vanebo (born 1983), Norwegian politician
- Ove von Spaeth (born 1938), Danish writer, designer and scholar
- Jan-Ove Waldner (born 1965), Swedish table tennis player
- Per Ove Width (born 1939), Norwegian politician
References
- "Ove (Owe)". isof.se (in Swedish). Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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