Tove
2025 SSA
About Tove
Tove is a modern variation of an Old Norse name for which there are no letters on the twenty-first century keyboard (Þórfríðr, for those interested.) Surviving and thriving in modern Scandinavia in the form of Tove, Tuva, and Tova, it is originally related to the name Thor and means "beautiful, beloved."
Internationally, its best-known wearers include Moomins creator Tove Jansson, and Swedish singer Tove, and in 2025, actress Lily Collins named her daughter Tove Jane after Jansson which may bring the name more widespread attention.
Beyond Tove, other popular Scandinavian names include Toril, Maja, Tyra, and Ebba.
Pronounced TOH-vuh.
As of October 2026, Tove ranked #6807 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #4872 in 1963, Nameberry popularity #302.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
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Tove on lists
Famous Toves
- Tove Christensen
Canadian film producer and actor
- Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen
Danish poet and author
- Tove Anna Maja Edfeldt
Swedish actress
- Tove Marika Jansson
Finnish children's book author and artist
- Tove Jensen
also known as Tiny Tove, Danish adult film actress
- Tove Lo
stage name of Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson, Swedish singer
- Tove Rønnenkamp Maës
Danish actress
- Tove Nilsen
Norwegian writer
- Tove Anna Linnéa Östman Styrke
Swedish singer
- (Hanna) Tove Dahlberg
Swedish operatic mezzo,soprano
- Tove Jane McDowell
Daugther of actress Lily Collins
- Tove Jane McDowell
Daughter of Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell, b. 2025
Tove in pop culture
- Tove
legendary girl, mistress of the Danish King Waldemar, and subject of a poem by Jens Peter Jacobsen
- Tove Hayes (formerly Cindy)
character on TVs "Orange is the New Black"
- Tove
fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll that appears in his poem Jabberwocky.
- High Tove
mountain in the English Lake District
- River Tove
tributary of the River Great Ouse in England
Variations & nicknames
- ToveScandinavian