Names That Mean Love
8 names whose etymology relates to “love” — drawn from documented origins, sorted by all-time U.S. popularity.
AmandaDerived from Latin Amanda, feminine form of the saint's name Amandus, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre (“to love”): thus meaning "who/which is to be loved". Take…
PhilipFrom Middle English Philip, ultimately from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos), name of ancient kings of Macedonia, from φίλιππος (phílippos, “fond of horses”), from φιλέω (phil…
CharityFrom charity in the Biblical sense of Christian love; first used by Puritans. In early Christian tradition, Faith, Hope and Charity were the martyred daughters of Saint Sophia. …
CareyAs a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring. * As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew. * As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to…
OpheliaBorrowed from Italian Ofelia, coined by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro in his poem Arcadia (1504), probably from the Ancient Greek ὠφέλειᾰ (ōphéleiă, “help, aid, succour”)API. The na…
KyreeFrom a biblical reference Kyree comes from The name Kyria which is Greek in origin & its meaning is "noble lady" 2 John 1:1, 5 Strong's Bible concordance G2959 In the second epi…
TheophilusFrom Middle English Theophilus, from Latin Theophilus, from Ancient Greek Θεόφιλος (Theóphilos), meaning "love of God" or "friend of God".
CarysFrom Welsh Carus, Carys, from caru (“love”).
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Etymologies adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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