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Around the globe, Rove (Rova
, Rove
, רוב
) is a common epicene first name. The first name Rove is characteristic of Madagascar, where it is quite a common dominantly female, but infrequently male name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Egypt, where it is a rare primarily feminine, but very seldom male name. Much less frequently, Rove is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Rova | Egypt, Madagascar, Sweden, Indonesia, Azerbaijan |
| Rove | Egypt, Italy, India, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| רוב | Israel |
| Рове | Russia, Ukraine |
Rove is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Comet , the superhero in DC comics based on the Archie Comics character of the same name; Rob Roy , the character from Rob Roy (1995); Rob Anybody , the Nac Mac Feegle from Terry Pratchett's Discworld-novels, A Hat Full of Sky; Rob Gerrits , character in Familie and Rob Titchener , the character in BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers, among other works.