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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : from Giòve (‘Jupiter’), the name of the chief Roman deity, perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually swore per Giove ‘by Jove’.
  • Italian : from Sicilian ggiòve, iòvi ‘Thursday’, applied as a personal name for someone born or baptized on that day of the week.
  • Italian : habitational name from Giove in Terni province, Umbria.
  • Italian : possibly from a variant of the personal name Giobbe (see Job).

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