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All over the world, דוב (Dov , Duber , Duve ) is a common boy's first name. The first name דוב is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common boy's name, Colombia, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Peru. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Israel, the United States, and Colombia. More prevalently, דוב is the last name as well as the forename.
דוב is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dov , the operatic character in the opera The Knot Garden by Michael Tippett; Mel's white lover, a musician and Dov Mimran , the fictional character appearing in the movie « La vérité si je mens 3 », La Vérité si je mens ! 3.