Dove (surname)

The surname Dove has several origins. In some cases the surname is derived from the Middle English dove ("dove"), which is in turn derived from the Old English dūfe ("dove"), or possibly sometimes the Old Norse dúfa ("dove"). In this way, this surname originated as a nickname for a gentle person, or an occupational name for a person who worked with doves. In some cases, the surname Dove originated from the fact that the Middle English word was also used as a masculine and feminine personal name.[1]

The surname Dove is also sometimes an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic MacCalmáin. The surname Dove is also sometimes a variant spelling of the surname Duff (a surname of multiple etymological origins). The surname Dove is also sometimes derived from the Middle Low German dōf, and originated as a nickname for a deaf man.[1]

People

Arthur Dove (1880–1946), American artist
Billie Dove (1903–1997), American actress
Bob Dove (1921–2006), American football player
Charlie Dove, English footballer
Craig Dove (born 1983), English football midfielder
Daphna Dove (born 1975), American rock singer
Dennis Dove (born 1981), American baseball pitcher
Dove Gregory (1837–1873), English cricketer
Ed Dove (born 1937), American football player
Evelyn Dove (1902–1987), British singer and actress
Frank Dove (1897–1957) was a British boxer
Hamisi Amani-Dove (born 1974), American football (soccer) player
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803–1879), Prussian physicist, meteorologist
Horace Dove-Edwin (born 1967), Sierra Leonean sprinter
Jane Thurgood-Dove, murder victim
John Dove (d. 1664/5), an English politician during the Civil War and the Interregnum
Jonathan Dove (born 1959), British composer of opera, choral works
Lillian Singleton Dove (c. 1895-1975), African American physician
Patricia M. Dove, American mineralogist
Patrick Edward Dove (1815–1873), Scottish writer
Rita Dove (born 1952), American poet, author
Ronnie Dove (Born 1935), American country and pop singer
Toni Dove, American artist
Ulysses Dove (1947–1996), American choreographer
Daniel Dove (born 1994), Canadian rapper

gollark: Except when they aren't, which is quite a lot of the time.

gollark: Sure, but it's expensive. I guess it's practical if they have basically no electricity use.

gollark: How does *that* work? They just don't use electricity at night?

gollark: Really should get a `.net` domain one of these days.

gollark: I don't actually live there. Probably.

References

Dove Family History, Ancestry.com, retrieved 18 October 2012. This webpage cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[dove-ancestry-1] Dove Family History, Ancestry.com, retrieved 18 October 2012. This webpage cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.