Given name & surname · also Czech
Sova
“owl”
Sova is a surname from Czech (ultimately Polish). It is used in English, Finnish, Czech, and Slovak.
Original PolishSowa
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Sova comes from Czech, and ultimately from Polish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Sova as a surname developed from SOWA.
Sova’s family of names
In English usage, Sova as a surname developed from the Polish form SOWA. In Greek usage, Sova as a surname is a transliteration of Σοβά. In English usage, Sova as a surname has a related form in SOWA.
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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