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Boy name Hebrew origin Jewish tradition

Dov

DOV · 3 letters · 1 syllables
What it means
bear
Language
Hebrew
Culture
Jewish/Hebrew
Religion
Jewish
Style era
timeless
Themes
classic · animal
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#1403
2024 births133
Peak year2022
First appeared1949
Total US births3,494
2022 peak19491968198720052024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Do
Alternate spellings
DovidDovi
In other languages
Dov (Hebrew)

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Notable people named Dov

Dov Lautman (industrialist)
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