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-. The name Ove is earliest attested in 1434 in Scania.
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), Finnish athlete
- Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver
- Ove Andersson (footballer), Swedish footballer
- Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist
- Ove Ansteinsson, Norwegian journalist and author
- Ove Arup, Danish engineer
- Ove Aunli, Norwegian cross-country skier
- Ove Bang, Norwegian architect
- Ove Bengtson, Swedish tennis player
- Ove Berg, Swedish middle-distance runner
- Ove H. Berg, American businessman and politician
- Stein Ove Berg, Norwegian singer and songwriter
- Ove Karl Berthelsen, Greenlandic politician
- Ove Alexander Billington, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
- Ove Bjelke, Norwegian nobleman and statesman
- Ove Blomberg, Swedish footballer
- Ove Christensen, Danish Association football manager
- Kent Ove Clausen, Norwegian cross-country skier
- Ove Dahl, Norwegian botanist
- Ove Dalsheim, Norwegian trade unionist and politician
- Sten Ove Eike, Norwegian footballer
- Ove Emanuelsson, Swedish canoer
- Ove Ericsson, Swedish footballer
- Ove Frederiksen, Danish tennis player
- Ove Fundin, Swedish speedway rider
- Ove Gjedde, Danish admiral
- Ove Grahn, Swedish footballer
- Ove Guldberg, Danish politician
- Kjell Ove Hauge, Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower
- Ove Arbo Høeg, Norwegian botanist
- Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Danish politician
- Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Australian biologist
- Hans Ove Hansen, Saskatchewan farmer and politician
- Ove Verner Hansen, Danish opera singer and actor
- Sven Ove Hansson, Swedish professor of philosophy and author
- Nils Ove Hellvik, Norwegian footballer
- Ove Bjelke Holtermann, Norwegian architect
- Ove König, Swedish speed skater
- Ove Jensen, Danish footballer
- Ove Jensen (cyclist), Danish cyclist
- Poul Ove Jensen, Danish architect
- Ove Joensen, Faeroese seaman
- Ove Johansson, Swedish player of American football
- Ove Jørgensen, Danish classical scholar
- Ove Jørstad, Norwegian footballer
- Ove Juul, Danish nobleman
- Truls Ove Karlsen, Norwegian skier
- Ove Karlsson (footballer), Swedish footballer
- Ove Karlsson (sports journalist), Swedish journalist, member of the ISOH
- Ove Karlsson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey player
- Ove Kindvall, Swedish footballer
- Ove Kinnmark, Swedish chess master
- Ove Christian Charlot Klykken, Norwegian politician
- Karl Ove Knausgård, Norwegian author
- Geir Ove Kvalheim, Norwegian film producer, director, actor and writer
- Ove Lemicka, Norwegian politician
- Ove Lestander, Swedish cross country skier
- Ove Liavaag, Norwegian civil servant
- Ove Ljung, Swedish Army lieutenant general
- Per-Ove Ludvigsen, Norwegian footballer
- Ove Lundell, Swedish motocross racer
- Ove Malmberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- Ove Gjerløw Meyer, Norwegian writer and jurist
- Niels-Ove Mikkelsen, Danish sports shooter
- Lars Ove Moen, Norwegian race walker
- Ove Molin, Swedish ice hockey player
- Ove Nilsson, Swedish footballer
- Ove Nylén, Swedish Olympic swimmer
- Ove Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer
- Jan-Ove Palmberg, Swedish engineering professor
- Ove Paulsen, Danish botanist
- Jan Ove Pedersen, Norwegian football coach and player
- Bent-Ove Pedersen, Norwegian tennis player
- Svend Ove Pedersen, Danish rower
- Ove Pihl, Swedish art director, book publisher and graphic designer
- Sten-Ove Ramberg, Swedish footballer
- Ove Rainer, Swedish politician
- Ove Krogh Rants, Danish cyclist
- Ove Rode, Danish politician and newspaper editor
- Ove Røsbak, Norwegian writer
- Ove Rud, Danish actor
- Ove Rullestad, Norwegian politician
- Stig Ove Sandnes, Norwegian sports official
- Ove Sellberg, Swedish golfer
- Ove Skåra, Norwegian civil servant
- Ove Skaug, Norwegian engineer and civil servant
- Ove Sprogøe, Danish actor
- Kai Ove Stokkeland, Norwegian footballer
- Svein Ove Strømmen, Norwegian businessperson
- Sven-Ove Svensson, Swedish footballer
- Ove Thorsheim, Norwegian diplomat
- Ove Bernt Trellevik, Norwegian politician
- Ove-Erik Tronvoll, Norwegian skier
- Ove Vanebo, Norwegian politician
- Ove von Spaeth, Danish writer, designer and scholar
- Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
- Per Ove Width, Norwegian politician