Jove as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jove

What is the meaning of the name Jove ?

The baby name Jove is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /dʒoʊv/ (JOHV).

Jove is Latin in Origin.

Jove is the English literary form of Latin Iovis, the genitive of Iuppiter (Jupiter), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European compound Dyeus-pater, “bright sky” + “father,” giving the sense “sky-father.” In classical myth Jove names the supreme Roman deity of thunder, law, and kingship; in English it long served as the deity’s poetic name.

The term entered English via Renaissance humanism and flourished in Shakespeare, Milton, and Pope, as well as in the mild oath “By Jove!” While seldom used as a given name before the 20th century, it now appears occasionally as a bold, mythic choice. Variants and related forms include Jupiter, Italian Giove, the adjective/name Jovian (from Latin Iovianus), and feminine extensions like Jovita and Jovia; Jovi functions as a modern nickname. Zeus is the Greek equivalent rather than a variant.