Around the world, Giove (Giove 
) is a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently girly first name. The forename Giove is characteristic of Italy, where it is a rare largely male, but infrequently female name, and China, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. More prevalently, Giove is the last name as well as the forename.
Giove is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Giove (Jove) , the operatic character in the opera La Flora; king of the gods; Giove (Jupiter) , the operatic character in the opera La divisione del mondo by Giovanni Legrenzi; brother of Nettuno and Plutone; Giove (Jupiter) , the operatic character in the opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria by Claudio Monteverdi; Giove (Jupiter) , the operatic character in the opera Il pomo d'oro by Antonio Cesti and Giove / Jupiter , the operatic character in the opera Giasone, among other works.