Jove
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOHV
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Jove is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “the god Jupiter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Jove mean?
Latin: from Latin Iovis, Jupiter
“the god Jupiter”
An old poetic name for Jupiter, king of the Roman gods, kept alive in the exclamation 'by Jove'.
Is Jove a girl's or a boy's name?
Jove is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jove in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Jove, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Jove in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
How popular is Jove in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Jove, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Jove in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jove in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Jove
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jude Crue Rome Sol Cruz Jules Jake Jace Jose Marco Pablo Prince
Names related to Jove
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jove: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jove, updated 20 October 2026.