Happy Valentine’s Day!
Looking for a baby name that makes you think of love? Here’s a list of names with LOVE — that is, names that contain the letter sequence “l-o-v-e”:
- Beloved
- Clove
- Clover, Klover
- Glover
- Love
- Did you know that “Love” is the Swedish form of Louis?
- Lovea, Loveah
- Loveaya
- Loveda
- Lovee
- Loveday
- Lovelace
- Lovel, Lovell, Lovelle
- Loveleen
- Loveless
- Lovelia
- Lovella
- Lovely, Lovelee, Loveli
- Lovelyn, Lovelynn
- Lovena
- Lovene
- Lovenia
- Lovensky
- Lovera
- Lovern, Loverne
- Lovesta
- Lovett, Lovette, Loveth
- Lovetta, Loveta
- Lovey
- Loveya
- Milove
- Mylove
Do you “love” any of the above? :)
And, just to give you some extra options to choose from, here are two more sets of names. First, names that contain all the letters of LOVE (though they’re not necessarily together and/or in the correct order):
- Avelino
- Avonlea
- Benvolio
- Clevon
- Clovie
- Dalevon
- Delvon
- Delvonta
- Delvonte, Delvontae
- Devlon
- Devola
- Edvaldo
- Elovie
- Elvio
- Elvon
- Evangelos
- Evola
- Evolet, Evolett, Evolette, Evoleth
- Jovel, Jovell
- Jovelyn
- Kelveon
- Kelvon
- Kelvonte, Kelvontae
- Lavonne
- Lavrentios
- Leovanni, Leovani, Leovonni
- Leovardo
- Leovigildo
- Levolia
- Levon, Levonne
- Levona, Levonna
- Levonda
- Levonia
- Levonta
- Levonte, Levontae
- Levora
- Levorn
- Levoy
- Lovice
- Lovie
- Lovine
- Lovonne
- Marvelous
- Melvon
- Melvonia
- Novelia
- Noveline
- Novella
- Novelle
- Oleva
- Olevia
- Olive
- Oliver
- Olivera
- Olivette, Olivet
- Olivier
- Oliviero
- Orville
- Ovel, Ovell
- Ovelia
- Oveline
- Ovella
- Roosevelt
- Rovella
- Salvatore
- Silvestro
- Solveig, Solvei, Solvej, Solveigh
- Valentino
- Valeriano
- Valerio
- Valero
- Valorie, Vallorie
- Velora
- Veloria
- Velouria
- Violet, Violette
- Violetta
- Volena
- Voleta
- Vsevolod
- Yovela
Second, names that simply contain the letter sequence “l-o-v” (without the final “e”):
- Clova
- Clovia
- Clovis
- Dilovan
- Dilovar
- Llovani
- Lova
- Lovada
- Loval
- Lovanda
- Lovann
- Lovanna
- Lovi
- Lovia
- Lovic
- Lovick
- Lovida
- Lovilla
- Lovina
- Lovinia
- Lovis
- Lovisa
- Lovita
- Lovonda
- Lovonia
- Lovorka
- Maclovia
- Maclovio
- Milovan
- Olov
- Olova
Most of the names above come directly from the U.S. SSA’s baby name data.
Finally, here are two real-life Valentine’s Day babies for you: Valerie Valentine (b. 1951) & Val N. Tines (b. 1953).
Image: Adapted from Emojione1 2764 by Emoji One under CC BY-SA 4.0.
[Latest update: April 2023]
My second son’s name is Eros the (Greek god of love) so I feel like today is sort of his day!
P.S… A couple of years ago you helped me with a post about naming my first son, Atlas.
Great post. We have a few more – Lovedeep and Lovepreet (both Indian) and also Clove.
@Jenn – So cool to hear from you! (Here’s that post.)
@Rachel – Thanks for the additions!
I love Clover and Lovelace. I could see myself naming a daughter with the middle name Lovelace, after Ada Lovelace.
@Libby – Like the idea of that tribute!
(I mentioned Ada in this Namestorm for Computer Lovers from a few years ago.)