Globally, ボヴェ (Bove 
, ボヴェ, Bové 
) is a rare dominantly male, but seldom feminine first name. The forename ボヴェ is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name, Italy, where it is a rare epicene name, and France, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. More prevalently, ボヴェ is the last name as well as the forename.