Ovid or Ovidius (43 BC–17 AD) was a Roman poet. His name is used as a male first name, especially in Romance languages, often in variations such as Ovidi, Ovídio, Ovidio, or Ouvidu, and in some recent usage shortened to Ovi. It may refer to:

Places

United States

  • Ovid, Colorado
  • Ovid, Idaho
  • Ovid, Michigan, a city in Clinton County, Michigan
  • Ovid Township, Branch County, Michigan
  • Ovid Township, Clinton County, Michigan
  • Ovid, Missouri
  • Ovid (town), New York
  • Ovid (village), New York

Elsewhere

  • Ovidiu, Romania
  • Ovidiu Island, Romania
  • Ovidiopol, Ukraine

Persons

Saint

  • Saint Ovidius (died 135), Portuguese saint

Surname

  • Juventinus Albius Ovidius, Roman poet, probably of the late 2nd century

Given name

  • Ovid Butler (1801–1881), American attorney, newspaper publisher, abolitionist, and university founder
  • Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu (1921–2000), Romanian literary critic and science fiction writer
  • Ovid Demaris (1919–1998), American journalist and novelist
  • Ovid Densusianu (1873–1938), Romanian poet
  • Ovid Glasgow (born 1945), Guyanese cricketer
  • Ovid Jackson (born 1939), Canadian politician
  • Ovid F. Johnson (1807–1854), American lawyer and politician
  • Ovid Nicholson (1888–1968), American baseball player
  • Ovid C. Lewis (1932–2011), American academic and university administrator
  • Ovid R. Sellers (1884–1975), American biblical scholar and archaeologist
  • Ovid Tzeng (born 1944), Taiwanese politician
  • Ovidi Montllor (1942–1995), Valencian singer-songwriter and actor
  • Ovidio (name)
  • Ovidiu (name)

Other

  • Ovid Technologies, vendor of online bibliographic databases and academic journals, chiefly in health sciences
  • Ovid Napa Valley, winery in Napa Valley, California
  • Lake Ovid, Michigan
  • Ovid (crater), crater on Mercury