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).