Meaning & Origin
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona. A town in Polk County, Arkansas. An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri. A minor city in Union County, Oregon. A minor city in Chambers County, Texas. A census-designated place in Cache County, Utah.
Cove is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, from the Old English cofa, meaning 'shelter, chamber' — and as a geographical term, a small sheltered bay or inlet of the sea, a place of natural protection and calm.
Nature and geography names continue to inspire American parents, and Cove has a serene, coastal quality that evokes the sound of waves and the peace of a protected harbor. Short, strong, and visually simple — it's the kind of name that sounds like a breath of sea air.