Ove
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish Aghi, possibly a short form of compound names beginning with Germanic agh "blade" or Old Norse agi "awe". Related to German (West Frisian) Uwe. Sometimes explained as a form of Scandinavian Åge/Åke.
Proper noun
Ove
- a male given name.
Related terms
- (surnames) Ovesen
See also
References
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 606 males with the given name Ove have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Ove m (plural Ove, diminutive Oveche)
Further reading
Norwegian
Proper noun
Ove
- a male given name of Danish origin.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ove c (genitive Oves)
- a male given name borrowed from Denmark in the Middle Ages.
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- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- Hunsrik 2-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik masculine nouns
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian male given names
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
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