baby names meaning love
Discover 44 baby names associated with love. Each includes full meaning, cultural origin, pronunciation, and popularity ranking.
baby names that mean love at a glance
- Names
- 44
- Girls · Boys · Unisex
- 30 · 11 · 3
- Top origin
- African
- Most popular (2025)
- Mia #6
Our directory has 44 baby names that mean love: 30 girls' names, 11 boys' names and 3 unisex names.
In the 2025 Social Security rankings, the most popular is Mia (#6 for girls), followed by David (#35 for boys), Mila (#43 for girls) and Maria (#87 for girls). 10 of them ranked in the US top 1,000 that year.
The most common origins are African (7), Welsh (5) and Japanese (4).
Esme has climbed fastest, from #395 in 2020 to #298 in 2025; Lennon rose from #299 to #214 over 5 years.
For something less common, Agape, Carys and Femi were not in the US top 1,000 in any year from 2020 to 2025.
They average 5.1 letters, from Ife to Thandiwe, and 70% have two syllables.
Most popular in 2025
- Agapeunconditional, divine loveGreek · girl
- Aikobeloved childJapanese · girl
- Amadeolove of GodItalian · boy
- Amadeuslove of GodLatin · boy
- Astriddivine beauty, beloved of the godsNorse · girl#376
- Azizaprecious, belovedAfrican · girl
- Cananbeloved, sweetheart, darlingTurkish · girl
- CarysloveWelsh · girl
- Ceryslove, to loveWelsh · girl
- Cerysslove; cherry blossomWelsh · girl
- DavidbelovedHebrew · boy#35
- Dewibeloved, DavidWelsh · boy
- Dmitrifollower of Demeter, earth-loverRussian · boy
- Emrefriend, loverTurkish · boy
- Erosdesire, passionate loveGreek · boy
- Esmeesteemed, belovedFrench · girl#298
- Femilove me, God loves meAfrican · boy
- FfionfoxgloveWelsh · girl
- Filipalover of horsesPortuguese · girl
- Freyanoble woman, lady, goddess of loveNorse · girl#176
- Grainneprobably loveIrish · girl
- Ifelove, desireAfrican · unisex
- Ingridbeautiful, beloved, fairNorse · girl
- Kendithe loved oneAfrican · girl
- Ladagoddess of love, sweetheartSlavic · girl
- Leifheir, descendant, belovedNorse · boy#917
- Lennonlover of storms; descendant of LeannánIrish · unisex#214
- Ludmilapeople's grace, beloved by the peopleSlavic · girl
- Mariabeloved, wished-for child, sea of bitternessHebrew · girl#87
- Meryembeloved, wished-for child, lady of the seaTurkish · girl
- Miamine, belovedItalian · girl#6
- Milagracious, dear, belovedSlavic · girl#43
- Nehalove, affection, rainHindi · girl
- Nualawhite shoulder, exceptionally lovelyCeltic · girl
- OlufemiGod loves meAfrican · boy
- Philippelover of horsesFrench · boy
- Priyabeloved, dear oneHindi · girl
- ReiLovely, beautiful, or zeroJapanese · girl
- Renlotus, love, romanceJapanese · unisex
- RoseThe rose flower, beauty and loveLatin · girl#114
- Shin-aefaithful love, trustworthy affectionKorean · girl
- Sukibeloved, cherished oneJapanese · girl
- Thandibeloved, loving oneAfrican · girl
- ThandiwebelovedAfrican · girl
questions about baby names that mean love
Which baby names that mean love are the most popular in 2025?
Based on the 2025 Social Security data, the most popular baby names that mean love are Mia (#6 for girls), David (#35 for boys), Mila (#43 for girls), Maria (#87 for girls) and Rose (#114 for girls).
Which baby names that mean love are rising in popularity?
Esme has climbed from #395 in 2020 to #298 in 2025. Lennon (#299 to #214) and Astrid (#449 to #376) are also rising.
What are some unique baby names that mean love?
Agape, Carys, Femi, Lada and Priya were not in the US top 1,000 in any year from 2020 to 2025, so they stay distinctive while still carrying real meaning and history.
Are baby names that mean love more common for girls or boys?
Of 44 baby names that mean love on HushName, 30 are girls' names, 11 are boys' names and 3 are unisex.
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