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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BOVE

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Italian and Catalan (Bové): from Italian bove, Catalan bové ‘ox’ (from Latin bos, genitive bovis), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a plowman or herdsman or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble an ox in some way, for example in being fat or patient.
2. Danish: nickname from bouæ ‘villain’, ‘wretch’, or from the old personal name Bovi.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)