Sova (surname)
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| Origin | |
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| Meaning | Slavic: Owl French: Saved |
| Region of origin | Central/Eastern Europe |
| Other names | |
| Variant form | Sowa |
Sova (Czech/Slovak feminine: Sovová) is a surname. The word literally means "owl" in several Slavic languages. It may also be a spelling without diacritics of the Romanian surname Șova. It can also be an altered form of the French surname Sauvé: [1]. Notable people with this surname include:
- Aleš Sova (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player
- Antonín Sova (1864–1928), Czech poet
- Charles E. Sova (1928–2019), American politician
- Evgeny Sova (born 1980), Israeli journalist
- Joe Sova (born 1988), American ice hockey player
- Lyubov Sova (born 1979), Russian philologist
- Peter Sova (1944–2020), Czech-American cinematographer
- Romen Sova (1938–2001), Ukrainian toxicologist
- Vahur Sova (born 1956), Estonian architect
See also
- All pages with titles containing Sova
- Sowa (surname)
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (2022). Dictionary of American Family Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0190245115. (cited online)