Names That Mean Love

Names meaning love, beloved, dear or darling. The commonest theme in European naming by a wide margin, and the one where a literal translation is most often too flat — several come from words closer to "the one who is cherished" than to the noun.

Every name here has a researched page whose stated meaning carries this sense.

10 names, uncommon — 100 to 499 a year, in United States

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