Tove
A girls’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning to trust, to believe in.
Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies
Tove by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Tove. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tove. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean faith
Like Tove, each of these has faith in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Faithtrust or belief2,602 in the US (2017)
- Aminatrustworthy, faithful, peaceful238 in England and Wales (2025)
- Verafaith; or from latin for truth1,153 in the US (2017)
- Imanifaith or belief606 in the US (2017)
- Dillonloyal; from gaelic dillidh583 in the US (2017)
- Imanfaith; belief48 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Tove
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