Given name & surname

Jov

Jov is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jov is a variant of Jovan. An origin associated with Jovan is Latin.

Explained through its name family

The story

Jov is a variant of Jovan. The history of Jovan gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Jovan is a name for Jupiter, the supreme god.

Explained through its name family

Jov’s family of names

Jov has a related form in Jovan. In Ukrainian usage, Jov is a transliteration of Йов.

Walk Jov’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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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.

Similar names

If you love Jov, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Norse · Mythological

Jord

No U.S. birth series

86% boys · 14% girls

Mythological

Jutourna

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Jennaro

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Mythological

Juppyter

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Jenarius

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Mythological

Vorr

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Orphney

No U.S. birth series

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Mythological

Olimpe

“from Mount Olympus; a goddess”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Jov’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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