Kovu
Boy · KOH-voo · Swahili
Kovu is a boys' name of Swahili origin, meaning “scar”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Kovu mean?
Swahili: Swahili word
“scar”
Kovu is the young lion who wins Kiara's heart in Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998).
- Say it
- KOH-voo
Is Kovu a girl's or a boy's name?
Kovu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kovu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Kovu, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Kovu in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kovu in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
Names like Kovu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Kairo Kota Yug Zuko Loki Kaizen Mikko Rumi Kenzo Ryu Hiro
Names related to Kovu
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