Ovu
surname · Latin script
Meaning: evil
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ovu is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Nigeria.
- NGNigeria
- AUAustralia
- FRFrance
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
evil
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- NGNigeria
- USUnited States
- FRFrance
- AUAustralia
- INIndia
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ovu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In sc, alternative form of ou (“egg”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In scn, An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nlg, crowd, heap, pile, flock; to assemble, heap together; make a bundle; a bundle
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Serbo-Croatian, feminine accusative singular of ovaj
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nlg, crowd, heap, pile
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 17 | #87,442 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ovu mean, and where does it come from?
- evil Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Ovu have the most bearers?
- Ovu is most frequently recorded in Nigeria.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ovuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ovu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.