Names That Mean Love
Names built on a recorded root meaning love or beloved — from Amy (Old French amee, 'beloved') to Connor's hound-loving Irish original.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dāwiḏ — “beloved” | 6,794#35 | Down 7 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
amāre — “to love” | 601#493 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
Amata — “beloved” | 1,200#257 | Down 42 rank positions in five years | 1975 | ||
Conchobar — “lover of hounds” | 2,211#166 | Down 88 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
dāwiḏ — “beloved” via David | 55#2,456 | Down 474 rank positions in five years | 1959 | ||
Aimée — “beloved” | 133#1,581 | Down 149 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
amāre — “to love” via Amanda | 31#4,513 | Down 793 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
caredig — “beloved” | 209#1,051 | Down 82 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
Muirne — “beloved” | —Unranked | — | 1938 | ||
Conchobar — “lover of hounds” | 292#845 | Down 441 rank positions in five years | 1993 | ||
karɨd — “to love” | 13#6,515 | Up 180 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
dāwiḏ — “beloved” via David | 139#1,353 | Down 415 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Leannáin — “descendant of Lover (Leannán)” | 1,421#214 | Up 85 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Philouménē — “beloved” | 101#1,920 | Up 211 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
יְדִידְיָה — “beloved of Yahweh” | 274#876 | Down 153 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
יְדִידְיָה — “beloved of Yahweh” via Jedidiah | 76#1,999 | Down 333 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
fríðr — “beautiful, beloved” | 135#1,565 | Down 675 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Conchobar — “lover of hounds” via Connor | 52#2,553 | Down 1,361 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
Conchobar — “lover of hounds” via Connor | 42#2,960 | Down 1,439 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
dāwiḏ — “beloved” via David | 34#3,393 | Up 271 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
amāre — “to love” via Amanda | —Unranked | — | 1975 | ||
dāwiḏ — “beloved” via David | 8#9,096 | Up 701 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
dāwiḏ — “beloved” via David | 19#5,077 | Down 1,723 rank positions in five years | 1955 | ||
caru — “love” | 32#4,374 | Down 278 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Amata — “beloved” via Amy | 92#1,754 | Down 59 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
amo + deus — “love + god” | 103#1,634 | Up 124 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
dāwiḏ — “beloved” via David | —Unranked | — | 1962 | ||
حبيب — “beloved” | 29#3,789 | Up 398 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
dāwiḏ — “beloved” via David | —Unranked | — | 2001 | ||
Amata — “beloved” via Amy | —Unranked | — | 1973 | ||
premán — “love, affection” | 12#7,087 | Up 3,239 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
praṇaya — “love, affection, romance” | 10#8,078 | Up 5,484 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
anurāga — “a higher love, as of music or art” | —Unranked | — | 2006 | ||
prīta — “love, affection, fondness” | —Unranked | — | 2000 | ||
amo + dea — “love + goddess” | 10#9,488 | Up 5,745 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
dāwiḏ — “beloved” via David | —Unranked | — | 1985 | ||
mamtā — “maternal love” | —Unranked | — | 1980 | ||
ljubovʹ — “love” | —Unranked | — | 2002 | ||
mañju — “beautiful, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet” | —Unranked | — | 1988 | ||
amāta — “loved, beloved” | —Unranked | — | 2016 |
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Every name here has a documented root whose literal meaning matches this theme. Each name’s subtitle gives its documented root and meaning. Where it says "via", the name is a recorded form of another name (Maggie of Margaret) and the meaning is the base name's. Roots are extracted from etymologies on Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Ranks come from official birth card-application data; "—" means fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, a genuinely rare pick rather than an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.