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In all the world, دوف (Dov , Dove , Duve ) is a common dominantly masculine, but seldom feminine first name. The first name دوف is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common masculine name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Lithuania, where it is a rare masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Israel, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More prevalently, دوف is the last name as well as the forename.
دوف is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dove Falconhand , the Human ranger, The Seven Sisters; Dov , the operatic character in the opera The Knot Garden by Michael Tippett; Mel's white lover, a musician and Dov Mimran , the fictional character appearing in the movie « La vérité si je mens 3 », La Vérité si je mens ! 3.