The Gove Book: History and Genealogy of the American Family of Gove, and Notes of European Goves. E-book. Formato PDF William Henry Gove   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The variations of the spelling of this family name resulted from the practice of writing names phonetically. It eventually came to be Spelled Gove, as that was more easily pronounced, being given the deeper sound of o, as in loathe.