Baby Names that Mean Love

Boy, Girl

Love is a great inspiration for naming your new baby. A name that means love is always a popular choice for babies born around Valentine’s Day or conceived on a honeymoon. Even before you hold your baby in your arms, you’re already in love with them. Then why not give your baby a name that truly encompasses everything you feel? There is no greater love than what a mother feels for her child, so what could be a more fitting name than love itself? From different cultures to unique and classics, there are plenty of adorable baby names that mean love. We hope you’ll fall head-over-heels for these baby girl names or baby boy names that mean love. Here is our list of names that symbolize love to get you started in your hunt for the perfect name that will constantly remind your child of how much you love them.

 

Adelpha

Girl. Greek origin, meaning: Beloved sister

 

Ahava 

Girl. Hebrew origin, meaning: Love

 

Aiko 

Gender neutral. Japanese origin, meaning: Beloved child

 

Aimee 

Girl. French origin, meaning: Beloved friend

 

Amada 

Girl. Spanish origin, Feminine variation of Amado, meaning: Loved

 

Amadea 

Girl. Latin origin, meaning: God’s beloved

 

Amadeus

Boy. Latin origin, meaning: Lover of God

 

Amado 

Boy. Spanish origin, meaning: Loved

 

Amanda 

Girl. Latin origin, meaning: Worthy of love

 

Amandine 

Girl. Latin origin, meaning: She must be loved

 

Amara 

Girl. Igbo, Sanskrit, Arabic origin, meaning: Grace, immortal, tribe

 

Amarissa 

Girl. combination name Ama + Issa, meaning: Little lover

 

Amato

Boy. Italian origin, meaning: Loved

 

Amatus

Boy. Latin origin, meaning: Beloved

 

Amias 

Girl. Latin origin, meaning: Loved

 

Amora 

Girl. Spanish origin, meaning: Love

 

Amorette

Girl. French origin, meaning: Little love

 

Amoris 

Girl. Latin origin, meaning: Love

 

Amory 

Boy. German origin, meaning: Industrious

 

Amy

Girl. French origin, meaning: Beloved

 

Aphrodite 

Girl. Greek origin, meaning: Goddess of love

 

Asta

Girl. Greek and Old Norse  origin, meaning: Star-like; love

 

Aziz 

Boy. Arabic origin, meaning: Powerful and beloved

 

Aziza 

Girl. Arabic origin, meaning: Powerful and beloved

 

Caradoc 

Boy. Welsh origin, meaning: Amiable, beloved

 

Cariad 

Girl. Welsh origin, meaning: Love

 

Carina 

Girl. Italian origin, meaning: Dear little one

 

Carita 

Girl. Latin origin, meaning: Beloved

 

Caro

Gender neutral. Italian origin, meaning: Dear

 

Caron 

Gender neutral. Welsh origin, meaning: Love

 

Carwyn / Carwen 

Gender neutral. Welsh origin, meaning: Fair love

 

Carys

Girl. Welsh origin, meaning: Love

 

Ceri 

Girl. Welsh origin, meaning: To love

 

Cerys 

Girl. Welsh origin, meaning: Love

 

Cher

Girl. French origin, meaning: Beloved

 

Cheri

Girl. French origin, meaning: Darling

 

Cherish 

Girl. English word name, meaning: Beloved

 

Connelly 

Gender neutral. Irish, meaning: Love, friendship

 

Cordelia

Girl. Latin; Celtic origin, meaning: Heart; daughter of the sea

 

Cordian 

Boy. Latin, meaning: Of the heart

 

Corwin 

Boy. English, meaning: Heart’s friend

 

Dariel 

Boy. English, meaning: Loved one; open

 

Darrell 

Boy. French, meaning: Dear one, beloved

 

Davi 

Gender neutral. Portuguese variation of David, meaning: Beloved

 

David 

Boy. Hebrew, meaning: Beloved

 

Davina 

Girl. Hebrew origin, meaning: Little deer

 

Davis 

Boy. English and Hebrew meaning: Son of David; Beloved

 

Desi 

Gender neutral. Spanish, diminutive of Desiderio, meaning: Desired one, or short form of Desiree, French

 

Desiree 

Girl. French origin, meaning: Desired, wished

 

Dewey 

Boy. Welsh origin, anglicized variation of Welsh Dewi, nickname of Dafydd, meaning: Beloved

 

Didier

Boy. French origin, meaning: Desired, beloved

 

Dilan 

Boy. Turkish origin, meaning: Love

 

Drury 

Boy. French origin, meaning: Dear one, sweetheart

 

Dua 

Girl. Arabic, Albanian origin, meaning: Prayer, love

 

Elska 

Girl. Norse origin, meaning: Love

 

Erasmus

Boy. Greek origin, meaning: Beloved, desired

 

Erastus

Boy. Latin from Greek origin, meaning: Beloved

 

Erazem

Boy. Slovene variation of Erasmus origin, meaning: Beloved, desired

 

Eros 

Boy. Greek mythology origin, meaning: God of love

 

Esme 

Girl. French origin, meaning: Beloved

 

Freya

Girl. Old Norse origin, meaning: Noblewoman, the Norse goddess of love, beauty, and fertility

 

Gerwyn

Boy. Welsh origin, meaning: Fair love

 

Halia 

Girl. Hawaiian origin, meaning: Remembrance of a loved one

 

Hart

English origin, from the word heart

 

Haviva 

Girl. Hebrew origin, meaning: Well loved

 

Idony 

Girl. Norse origin, meaning: Love again, renewal

 

Ife 

Girl. African Yoruba origin, meaning: Love

 

Ishtar

Girl. Persian origin, meaning: The Babylonian goddess of love

 

Ismay 

Girl. French origin, meaning: Esteemed, beloved

 

Janan 

Boy. Arabic origin, meaning: Heart, soul

 

Jeb

Boy. Short form of Jebediah, Hebrew origin, meaning: Beloved friend

 

Kalila

Girl. Arabic origin, meaning: Beloved

 

Kama

Girl. Hindi Sanskrit origin, meaning: Love desire

 

Karita

Girl. Icelandic origin, meaning: Beloved

 

Kealoha 

Gender neutral. Hawaiian origin, meaning: Loved one

 

Kerensa 

Girl. Cornish origin, meaning: Love

 

Keris 

Girl. Welsh origin, meaning: Love

 

Kiefer 

Boy. Gaelic origin, meaning: Handsome; beloved

 

Kordian 

Boy. Polish from Latin origin, meaning: Of the heart

 

Lennon 

Boy. Irish origin, meaning: Lover

 

Lev 

Boy. Hebrew, Russian origin, meaning: Heart; lion

 

Liev 

Boy. Yiddish origin, meaning: Heart

 

Loveday 

Gender neutral. Cornish, English origin, meaning: Beloved day

 

Lovella 

Girl. English origin, meaning: Wolf

 

Luba 

Girl. Russian, Slavic, Yiddish origin, meaning: Lover, dear

 

Mabel 

Girl. Latin origin, meaning: Lovable

 

Mariel 

Girl. Dutch origin, meaning: Drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved

 

Marietta 

Girl. Italian origin, meaning: Drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved

 

Maryam 

Girl. Hebrew, Arabic Iranian origin, meaning: Drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved

 

Mila 

Girl. Slavic, Russian origin, meaning: Gracious; dear

 

Milada

Girl. Czech origin, meaning: My love

 

Milan 

Gender neutral. Slavic origin, meaning: Gracious, dear,  also an Italian place name

 

Milena

Girl. Czech origin, meaning: Love, warmth, grace

 

Milos 

Boy. Slavic name origin, meaning: Lover of glory

 

Mina

Girl. German origin, meaning: Love

 

Mirren 

Gender neutral. Gaelic, Scottish, Irish origin, meaning: Drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved

 

Myrna 

Girl. Gaelic name origin, meaning: Beloved; high-spirited; peaceful

 

Nayeli 

Girl. Zapotec, Native American origin, meaning: I love you

 

Obi 

Boy. Nigerian origin, meaning: Heart

 

Paris 

Gender neutral. Greek origin, meaning: Defender, French place name, known as the city of love

 

Phila

Girl. Greek origin, meaning: Love or loving

 

Philomena 

Girl. Greek origin, meaning: Lover of strength

 

Philothea 

Girl. Greek origin, meaning: Lover of God

 

Philou  

Girl. Dutch origin, meaning: Love

 

Priya 

Girl. Sanskrit origin, meaning: Beloved

 

Querida 

Girl. Spanish origin, meaning: Dear, beloved

 

Rasmus 

Boy. Finnish and Scandinavian variation of Erasmus, meaning: Beloved, desired

 

Rhys 

Gender neutral. Welsh origin, meaning: Ardor

 

Rudo 

Boy. African, Shona origin, meaning: Love

 

Siran 

Girl. Armenian origin, meaning: Lovely

 

Suki

Girl. Japanese origin, meaning: Loved one

 

Tivona 

Girl. Hebrew origin, meaning: Lover of nature

 

Vevina 

Girl. Scottish origin, meaning: Sweet lady

 

Vida

Girl. Hebrew origin, meaning: Dearly loved

 

Wilmer

Boy. German origin, meaning: Famous and loved

 

Yaretzi 

Girl. Native American origin, meaning: You will always be loved

 

Ziva 

Girl. Slavic origin, meaning: Goddess of love, life, and fertility

 

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