Names That Mean Love
Names whose recorded meaning contains a word for love, with the matched wording shown. 246 names.
Names 201–246 of 246 (page 3 of 3)
How names qualify
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.
Names That Mean Love
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender | Matched in meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safa | Friendship, purity, love, company. | Muslim | Boy / Girl | “love” |
| Shaghf | Shaghf is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means strong, passionate love. | Arabic | Boy / Girl | “love” |
| Shaiq | Hopeful, wisher, lover, needy. | Muslim | Boy | “lover” |
| Sheefta | Sheefta is a Persian name for girls that means infatuated, obsessed, in love. | Persian | Girl | “love” |
| Sheen | Beautiful, pretty, good, loved one. | Muslim | Girl | “loved” |
| Sheida | Sheida is a Persian name for girls that means infatuated, in love. | Persian | Girl | “love” |
| Shuaif | Shuaif is an Arabic name for boys that means strong, passionate love. | Arabic | Boy | “love” |
| Sulaima | Diminutive of Salma, beloved. | Muslim | Girl | “beloved” |
| Tawaddud | Endearment, showing love or affection to, gaining the love of another. | Muslim | Boy | “love” |
| Tawwad | Tawwad is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means affection, love. | Arabic | Boy / Girl | “love” |
| Tiyam | Tiyam is a Luri (Kurdish/Persian) word that means darling, beloved. Its literal meaning is my eyes, used with the meaning of you are as dear to me as my own eyes. | Muslim | Girl | “beloved” |
| Ulfah | Harmony, intimacy, Friendship, Familiar, love. | Muslim | Girl | “love” |
| Waajid | One whose wants are satisfied, wealthy, a lover or beloved. | Muslim | Boy | “lover” |
| Waajida | One whose wants are satisfied, wealthy, a lover or beloved. | Muslim | Girl | “lover” |
| Waajidah | One who acheives her goals in life, loved, beloved | Muslim | Girl | “loved” |
| Wajdi | Of strong emotion, passion and love | Muslim | Boy | “love” |
| Wajid | Finder, lover. | Muslim | Boy | “lover” |
| Wajida | Achiever, Discoverer, Possessor, excited, finder, lover, fem. of Wajid. | Muslim | Girl | “lover” |
| Wajidah | One who acheives her goals in life, loved, beloved. | Muslim | Girl | “loved” |
| Waliy | Helper, Protector, Friend, Wali, Religious person, Master, Love, Owner | Muslim | Boy | “Love” |
| Wid | Arabic for affection, love, harmony. | Muslim | Boy / Girl | “love” |
| Wisaal | Reunion, being together, communion in love | Muslim | Girl | “love” |
| Wiyyam | Truthful, loving | Muslim | Girl | “loving” |
| Yusma | Colloquial Persian for beautiful, beloved, coquettish. | Muslim | Girl | “beloved” |
| Zulfa | First part of the night, Beloved, Having a small and finely chiselled nose. | Muslim | Girl | “Beloved” |
| Ahmad | Most highly adored or most praised, this is also a variation of the name 'Muhammad' | Muslim | Boy | “adored” |
| Mishaaf | Mishaaf is an Arabic name for boys that means one who loves something very much, one who is obsessed with something. | Arabic | Boy | “loves” |
| Moeza | Moeza is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means one who loves others dearly, bringer of glory and might, one who appreciates others, one who grants honor to others. It is derived from the AIN-Z-Z root which is used in many places in the Quran. | Quranic | Girl | “loves” |
| Muhibbat | Muhibbat is an Arabic name for girls that means one who loves [someone or something]. It is the plural of Muhibah. | Arabic | Girl | “loves” |
| Muhibbudin | Muhibbudin is an Arabic name for boys that means one who loves the faith, meaning one who loves and supports Islam. | Arabic | Boy | “loves” |
| Rukayat | It is the name of one of the daughters of the Prophet, it means one who Allah loves | Muslim | Girl | “loves” |
| Urooba | Woman who loves her husband. | Muslim | Girl | “loves” |
| Arooba | Arooba is an Arabic name for girls that means happy and optimistic woman, woman who loves her husband, woman who is loved by her husband. It is derived from the AIN-R-B Quranic root. | Arabic | Girl | “loves” |
| Atanaz | Atanaz is a Turkish-Persian name for girls that means fathers pride, fathers solace, fathers darling. It is formed from the Turkish word Ata (father) and the Persian naz (beloved, darling). | Turkish | Girl | “darling” |
| Aziza | Noble, precious, cherished, honorable, illustrious, highly esteemed, dearly loved, beloved fem. of Aziz. | Muslim | Girl | “loved” |
| Davood | Davood is the Persian variant/pronunciation of the Arabic boy name Dawood, which is the name of a prophet mentioned in the Quran (known as David in the Bible) and means beloved friend. | Muslim | Boy | “beloved” |
| Davut | Davut is the Turkish variant of the Arabic boy name Dawood, which is the name of a prophet mentioned in the Quran (known as David in the Bible) and which means beloved friend. | Muslim | Boy | “beloved” |
| Eliana | Eliana is a Turkish name for girls that means gift. It can also mean beloved by the people. | Turkish | Girl | “beloved” |
| Layla | (Born at) night, rapture, elation, dark beauty. A well-known character in Arabic literature i.e. the beloved of Majnoon. | Muslim | Girl | “beloved” |
| Muwassil | Muwassil is an Arabic name for boys that means one who carries out deeds to increase someones love for him, especially a person who does good deeds and performs charity to become more beloved to God. | Arabic | Boy | “beloved” |
| Qurratulayn | DELIGHTS OF THE EYE, DARLING. | Muslim | Girl | “DARLING” |
| Rakhimah | Rakhimah is an Arabic name for girls that means one whose speech is gentle and soft. It also means affectionate, loving. | Arabic | Girl | “loving” |
| Sheaaf | Sheaaf is an Arabic name for boys that means light, short shower of rain. It also means strong love. | Arabic | Boy | “love” |
| Tegan | pet, darling | Welsh | Boy / Girl | “darling” |
| Wadid | Favorable, devoted, fond, Kind, Compassionate, one who loves. | Muslim | Boy | “loves” |
| Wisal | Arabic and Persian for reunion, communion, being together after a lot of hardship and struggle, it can be used for family reunion, friends finally meeting, or lovers finally marrying one another. | Muslim | Boy / Girl | “lovers” |