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Tova (female)

Variants:Tove (F)
Derivative of:Thor (M) Turid (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

1. Jewish from Hebrew "good".

2. Swedish from Old Norse, a shortened form of Turid from "Thor" + "fair, beautiful".
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