Names That Mean Love

A name is listed when its recorded meaning contains a word for “love” in a usable position: not negated, and not about a namesake or a title.

Wording that matched, with the number of names: “beloved” (80), “love” (66), “loving” (43), “lover” (28), “loved” (10), “loves” (8), “sweetheart” (6), “darling” (3). The matched wording is quoted for every name.

228 of the 246 names come from the Muslim-names dataset (Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Kurdish and related origins). Names from other traditions appear only where their recorded meaning fits the rule.

1 name matched by the rule was removed after manual review because the meaning uses the word about something other than love.

Each row shows the meaning recorded for that name in our data. A name can have other meanings and other origins.