Given name · Hebrew
דוב
“bear”
דוב (dov) is a masculine given name from Proto-Semitic, meaning “bear.” It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Dov.
Meaning & origin
דוב’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, דוב can be written in the Roman alphabet as Dov. In Hebrew usage, דוב has a related form in דֹּב.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named דוב
- Ber Borochovfounder of the Labor Zionist movement (1881-1917)
- Dov Shilansky10th Speaker of the Knesset (1924–2010)
- Dov FrohmanIsraeli electrical engineer (born 1939)
- Dov HozIsraeli aviation pioneer (1894-1940)
- Dov SadanIsraeli literary scholar (1902-1989)
- Dov FeiginIsraeli sculptor (1907–2000)
- Dov Ben-MeirIsraeli politician (1927–2020)
- Dov ZakinIsraeli politician (1922–1986)
- Dov Bar-NirIsraeli politician (1911-2000)
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