Dove (surname)
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Dove is a surname
of Scottish Gaelic (and possibly also Irish Gaelic) origin, Anglicized from the Old Gaelic word dub (or Gaelic word dubh), meaning "dark" or "black". Its original use was in the context of a personal name
, double-stemmed name, nickname
or byname for a "swarthy" or "dark tempered" person. The surname Dove has several variants, including Dow, Dew, Duff
, MacDuff, and McDuff
. The first historical record of Dove (as "Duff") is found in 1341 in Aberdeen
.
Dove is also a feminine given name
.
People with the surname Dove include:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Scottish Gaelic (and possibly also Irish Gaelic) origin, Anglicized from the Old Gaelic word dub (or Gaelic word dubh), meaning "dark" or "black". Its original use was in the context of a personal name
Personal name
A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example feral children growing up in isolation, or infants...
, double-stemmed name, nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
or byname for a "swarthy" or "dark tempered" person. The surname Dove has several variants, including Dow, Dew, Duff
Duff (surname)
Duff is a surname of Irish or Scottish descent. A corruption of the Gaelic word Dubh meaning dark or black in reference to personal features or temperament. Duff originated in Connacht and Fife in Ireland and Scotland respectively. It may refer to:...
, MacDuff, and McDuff
McDuff
McDuff is a surname. It is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Mac Dhuibh .People named McDuff:*David McDuff, Scottish literary translator*Dusa McDuff, English mathematician...
. The first historical record of Dove (as "Duff") is found in 1341 in Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
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Dove is also a feminine given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
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People with the surname Dove include:
- Arthur DoveArthur DoveArthur Garfield Dove was an American artist. An early American modernist, he is often considered the first American abstract painter.-Youth and education:...
(1880–1946), American artist - Billie DoveBillie DoveBillie Dove was an American actress.-Early life and career:She was born as Bertha Bohny in New York City to Charles and Bertha Bohny who were Swiss immigrants. As a teen, she worked as a model to help support her family and was hired at the age of 15 by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his Ziegfeld...
(1903–1997), American actress - Bob DoveBob DoveRobert Leo Patrick "Grandpappy" Dove served as an All-America end at the University of Notre Dame and went on to play for eight seasons in the National Football League. Following his retirement as a professional player, Dove embarked on a 37-year coaching career at the professional and collegiate...
(1921–2006), American football player - Charlie DoveCharlie DoveCharles Dove was born in 1879 in East Ham, England. He was regarded as a super-fit footballer, who in 1895 stood at nearly 6 feet and weighed 12 stone, considered large at the time for a sixteen year old from a working-class area of Essex...
, English footballer - Craig DoveCraig DoveCraig Dove is an English football midfielder with football league experience who now plays for Kidsgrove Athletic....
(born 1983), English football midfielder - Daphna DoveDaphna DoveDaphna Dove is an American musician born in 1975. She is best known for her appearance on the TV Show Rock Star: INXS-Early life:Daphna was born in Germany in 1975 and raised in New York City, to which she moved at age 3 with her parents, Jewish-Israeli-German singer-mother Elisa Gabbai and her...
(born 1975), American rock singer - Dennis DoveDennis DoveDennis A. Dove is an American pitcher who is currently a free agent.-External links:*...
(born 1981), American baseball pitcher - Dove GregoryDove GregoryDove Gregory was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1871 and 1872. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871 and his early death in 1873 robbed the side of an outstanding bowler.Dove was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire...
(1837–1873), English cricketer - Ed DoveEd DoveEdward Everest Dove is a former professional American football cornerback in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Colorado and was drafted in the third round of the 1959 NFL Draft....
(born 1937), American football player - Hamisi Amani-DoveHamisi Amani-DoveHamisi Amani-Dove is a retired American soccer player.-Youth:A graduate of Rutgers University, sixth all-time scoring leader at the University with thirty-two goals in seventy-two games, he was drafted by the MetroStars of Major League Soccer after college. He turned down the offer, opting to sign...
(born 1974), American football (soccer) player - Heinrich Wilhelm DoveHeinrich Wilhelm DoveHeinrich Wilhelm Dove was a Prussian physicist and meteorologist. He was the father of Alfred and Richard Dove.-Early Years:...
(1803–1879), Prussian physicist, meteorologist - Horace Dove-EdwinHorace Dove-EdwinFrancis Horace Dove-Edwin is a retired Sierra Leonean sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.Participating in the 1988 Summer Olympics, he failed to make it through to the second round. In 1990 Dove-Edwin migrated to London together with his mother...
(born 1967), Sierra Leonean sprinter - Jane Thurgood-DoveJane Thurgood-DoveJane Thurgood-Dove was the victim of a brutal murder in Niddrie, Victoria, Australia in 1997. On 6 November 1997, she was confronted in the driveway of her suburban Melbourne home and shot repeatedly in the head and body as her three young children, aged 3, 5 and 10, cowered inside her car.The...
, murder victim - John DoveJohn DoveJohn Dove was a parliamentary politician during the English Civil War and Interregnum. He has sometimes been numbered amongst the regicides; however, although he sat as a Commissioner in the trial of Charles I at the Painted Chamber of the Palace of Westminster on the 12th, 13th, 19th, and 26th of...
(d. 1664/5), an English politician during the Civil War and the Interregnum - Jonathan DoveJonathan DoveJonathan Dove is a British composer of opera, choral works, plays, films, and orchestral and chamber music. He has arranged a number of operas for English Touring Opera and the City of Birmingham Touring Opera , including in 1990 a famous 18-player two-evening adaptation of Wagner's Der Ring des...
(born 1959), British composer of opera, choral works - Patrick Edward DovePatrick Edward DovePatrick Edward Dove was born at Lasswade, near Edinburgh in Scotland. He is mainly remembered for his book The Theory of Human Progression of 1850 which sets out his philosophy that land should be in common ownership, with the economic rent on the land taking the place of other taxes, an idea...
(1815–1873), Scotch writer - Rita DoveRita DoveRita Frances Dove is an American poet and author. From 1993-1995 she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position now popularly known as "U.S. Poet Laureate"...
(born 1952), American poet, author - Mifflin Dove Jr. (born 1966), Episcopal priest
- Toni DoveToni DoveToni Dove is a New York-based artist working primarily in electronic and interactive media. She is considered one of the pioneers of interactive cinema , and has shown work at ZKM, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Brooklyn Anchorage, and the Whitney Museum of American Art...
, American artist - Ulysses DoveUlysses DoveUlysses Dove was one of the most innovative contemporary choreographers of the past half-century.Dove began his dance training at Boggs Academy in Georgia...
(1947–1996), American choreographer