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 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 (1941–2021), 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
• Ove Guldberg (1918–2008), Danish politician
• 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 (1948–2023), Swedish player of American football
• Ove Jørgensen (1877–1950), Danish classical scholar
• 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 (1943–2025), 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 (1933–2022), 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 Rainer (1925–1987), Swedish politician
• Ove Krogh Rants (1926–2023), 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 (1940–2023), 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