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Love

Love: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“love; affection”
Origin
English
Say it
LUV · 1 syllable
Used for
Girls (82% of all uses)

Love comes directly from the English word and has also existed historically as a surname and occasional given name. It can also represent the Scandinavian name Love/Lowe, though that has different origins.

English namesNames meaning loveVirtue namesShort names

How popular is Love?

2024103 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Love in 2024344

2024 rank#845 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18805,494

Love is rising: use over the last five years is 3.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Love

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Love questions

What does the name Love mean?

Love means "love; affection". It comes from English. Love comes directly from the English word and has also existed historically as a surname and occasional given name. It can also represent the Scandinavian name Love/Lowe, though that has different origins.

Is Love a boy or girl name?

Love is mainly a girl's name in US records (82% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Love?

344 US babies were named Love in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Love?

Love is usually pronounced LUV.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.