Given name & surname
Ovi
Ovi is a masculine given name from Danish, ultimately from Old Danish. It is used in Faroese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ovi comes from Danish, and ultimately from Old Danish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Faroese usage, Ovi developed from Ove.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ovi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 140
- 42 boys · 98 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #8,233 for girls · #9,477 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +112%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,233 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 8 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ovi’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Ovi developed from the Danish form Ove.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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