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. 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...