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Dove name meaning

Last Name
15k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Dove mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Dove

User Submitted Origins

English
62%
American
33%
Scottish
5%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from New Jersey, U.S., the name Dove is of English origin and means "Bird".
  2. A submission from Texas, U.S. says the name Dove means "Peace".
  3. A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Dove means "Kind" and is of American origin.
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Dove
Senses
  1. [Zoöl] A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.
  2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle."O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice." [Cant. ii. 14.]
  3. a person advocating peace, compromise or conciliation rather than war or conflict. Opposite of hawk.

Note: ☞ The domestic dove, including the varieties called fantails tumblers carrier pigeons, etc., was derived from the rock pigeon Columba livia) of Europe and Asia; the turtledove of Europe, celebrated for its sweet, plaintive note, is Columba turtur or Turtur vulgaris; the ringdove, the largest of European species, is Columba palumbus; the Carolina dove, or Mourning dove, is Zenaidura macroura; the sea dove is the little auk (Mergulus alle or Alle alle). See Turtledove Ground dove, and Rock pigeon. The dove is a symbol of peace, innocence, gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.

Etymology: OE. dove duve douve, AS. dūfe; akin to OS. dūba, D. duif, OHG. tūba, G. taube, Icel. dūfa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. dūbō; perh. from the root of E. dive

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. Any of numerous small pigeons
  2. An emblem of peace
  3. Flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled
  4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum
  5. Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
Wiktionary

From Middle English dove, douve, duve, from Old English *dūfe (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, be obscure”). Cognate with Scots doo, dow (“dove”), Saterland Frisian Duuwe (“dove”), West Frisian do (“dove”), Dutch duif (“dove, pigeon”), Low German (Low Saxon) Duuv (“dove, pigeon”), German Taube (“dove, pigeon”), Danish due (“dove”), Swedish duva (“dove”), Icelandic dúfa (“dove”), Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (dubo).

  1. A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
  2. (politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict (as opposed to hawk).
  3. Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.

A modern dialectal formation of the strong conjugation, by analogy with drivedrove and weavewove.

    dove was also found in the following language(s): Dutch, Friulian, Italian, and Norwegian Nynorsk

    Notable Persons Named Dove

    Notable Persons Named Dove

    Dove Cameron

    Dove Cameron is an actress and singer. She was most active from 2012 to present. Dove was given the name Chloe Celeste Hosterman on January 15th, 1996 in Seattle, Washington, U.S. Dove is also known as Hosterman and Chloe Celeste.

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    Dové Womé

    Dové Womé is a soccer player for the Dynamic Togolais, Maranatha FC, Liberty Professionals F.C., Free State Stars F. C., Mamelodi Sundowns F.C., and Togo national football team. Dové was born on June 8th, 1991 in Togo.

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    Dove Attia

    Dove Attia is a music producer. Dove was born on June 8th, 1957 in Tunis. Dove is also known as Jules Dove Attia.

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    Dove Bradshaw

    Dove was born on September 24th, 1949 in New York City.

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    Dove Kull

    Dove Kull was a social worker. She was most active from 1923 to 1983. Dove was given the name Alice Montgomery on May 17th, 1897 in Perry, Oklahoma. Dove is also known as Alice Montgomery Kull and Dove M. Kull. She died on December 8th, 1991.

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    Dove Gregory

    Dove was born on February 9th, 1837 in Sutton-in-Ashfield. He died on May 21st, 1873.

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    Notable Persons With the Last Name Dove

    Notable Persons With the Last Name Dove

    Rita Dove

    Rita Dove is a writer. Rita was given the name Rita Frances Dove on August 28th, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, U.S.

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    Billie Dove

    Billie Dove was an actress. She was most prominent from 1918 to 1932. Billie was given the name Bertha Bohny on May 14th, 1903 in New York City, New York, U.S. Billie is also known as Lillian Bohny. She breathed her last breath on December 31st, 1997.

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    Arthur Garfield Dove

    Arthur Garfield Dove was an artist in the fields of modernism and abstract art. Arthur was born on August 2nd, 1880 in Canandaigua (city), New York. He died on November 23rd, 1946.

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    Mourning Dove

    Mourning was born in 1888 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. She left this life in 1936.

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    Ronnie Dove

    Ronnie Dove is a pop music and country music musician. His ongoing career started in 1959. Ronnie was born on September 7th, 1935 in Herndon, Virginia.

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    Roja Dove

    Roja was born in 1957.

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    • Robert Dove
      Parliamentarian of the United States Senate
    • Sonny Dove
      Athlete
    • Dennis Dove
      Baseball Player

    Ethnicity Distribution

    Ethnicity Dove U.S.
      White 76.40% 64.26%
      African American 18.34% 11.96%
      Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.45% 4.85%
      American Indian and Alaska Native 0.76% 0.69%
      Two or More Ethnicities 1.94% 1.76%
      Hispanic or Latino 2.11% 16.26%

    Of Last Name Dove

    People with the last name Dove are most frequently White or African American

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    Fun Facts about the name Dove

  1. How Popular is the name Dove? Dove is the 11,760th most popular name of all time. As a last name Dove was the 2,475th most popular name in 2010.
  2. How many people with the first name Dove have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 886 babies born with the first name Dove in the United States. That's more than enough people named Dove to occupy the country of Vatican City with an estimated population of 800 (as of March 1, 2011).
  3. What year were 5 or more babies first named Dove? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 8 new born babies.
  4. When was Dove first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Dove is Saturday, December 11th, 1869.
  5. What year had the most people named Dove born? The highest recorded use of the first name Dove was in 2019 with a total of 30 babies.
  6. Random Dove Factoid: According to the 2017 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Dove is not a popular baby girl's name in Texas. Imagine that, only 6 babies in Texas have the same name in 2017.
  7. Weird things about the name Dove: The name spelled backwards is Evod. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Ovde. How do you pronounce that?
  8. How many people have the last name Dove? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 14,560 people with the last name Dove.
  9. How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Dove? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 5 of them will have Dove as their last name.
  10. Dove name meaning

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