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Throughout the world, Gouveia (Gouveia ) is a rare largely masculine, but seldom female first name. The given name Gouveia is habitual in Portugal, where it is a rare epicene name, Angola, where it is a rare boy's name, and France, where it is a very rare epicene name. Much more prevalently, Gouveia is the last name as well as the forename.
Gouveia is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .