Bovin is a surname. In Russia, it is given to males, while its feminine counterpart is Bovina. Bovin is also an unrelated Swedish surname of Walloon origin that has several variants. The surname may refer to Alexander Bovin (1930–2004), Soviet and Russian journalist, political scientist and diplomat Birthe Bovin (1906–1980), Danish painter Doug Bovin (born 1944), American politician Elena Bovina (born 1983), Russian tennis player Johan Anton Bovin (1823–1894), jurist and member of the Swedish parliament Karl Bovin (1907–1985), Danish painter, husband of Birthe Karl Emil Bovin (1868–1962), Swedish physician Knut Adolf Bovin (1853–1926), landscape architect, landscape gardener, publicist and writer Oleg Bovin (born 1946), Russian water polo player