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Updated: March 20, 2025
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How Popular Is The Name Cove

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from a place named Cove, examples of which are found in Devon, Hampshire, and Suffolk, from Old English cofa ‘cove’, ‘bay’, ‘inlet’, also ‘shelter’, ‘hut’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.

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