Throughout the world, Iova (Йова 
, Iova 
, Иова 
) is quite a common principally female, but very seldom boy's first name. The forename Iova is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is quite a common female name, Romania, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Afghanistan, where it is a rare masculine name. Also, Iova is the last name as well as the forename.