as a Last Name
- 3,760
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bove
Meaning & Origins
Italian and Catalan (Bové): from Italian bove, Catalan bové ‘ox’ (from Latin bos, genitive bovis), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a plowman or herdsman or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble an ox in some way, for example in being fat or patient.
| 7,644th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,760
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Bove per capita
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