Baby Names That Mean Love

If you live by the Beatles song “All You Need is Love”, then you would do well to choose a baby name that means love for your new baby. Here are names for both boys and girls that mean love — plus their meaning, origin, and more!

Abasiama

Abasiama is an Ibibio and Efik name that means “it is God that loves” or simply “God’s love”. Both languages are spoken in the African country of Nigeria.

Agape

Agape is a Greek name meaning “love”. Agape is one of the six words that the ancient Greeks had for love and referred to the platonic, selfless love that a person feels towards everyone.

Amare

Amare is a name that means “to live long” or “love”. Amare is a variant spelling of Amari or Amar. Amare is also the Latin term for “love”.

Aroha

Aroha is a Maori name meaning “love”. Aroha is also a cognate of the Hawaiian term “aloha” which means “love, mercy, affection, and caring” and is used as a way to greet and bid farewell to others.

Astarte

Astarte was the Canaanite goddess of love, sex, and war. Astarte is a version of the goddess Inanna.

Bastet

Bastet is an Egyptian goddess of love, protection, cats, beauty, and dance. Her name is sometimes shortened to Bast.

Caron

Caron is a Welsh name that means “loving”. Similarities to the name Karen might make this name less popular.

Ingunn

Ingunn is a Slavic and Old Norse name that means “ancestor love”. Ing is a Germanic god of fertility, sunlight, and rain; Ing is also called Freyr.

Ishtar

Ishtar is a Babylonian goddess of love, beauty, sex, war, and justice. She was called the “Queen of the Heavens”.

Jaime

Jaime is a diminutive of James which means “supplanter”. However, Jaime has also been associated with the French phrase “je t’aime” which means “I love you,” or j’aime, which means “I like you.”

Kealoha

Kealoha is a Hawaiian name that means “beholding love” or “eye love”. Kealoha comes from the name elements “ke” which means “eye, view” and “aloha” which means “love, mercy”.

Lubov

Lubov is a Russian name that means “love”. Nicknames for Lubov include Lyubasha and Busya.

Ren

Ren is a Japanese name that can mean “love” or “lotus”. Ren is more popular as a masculine name. Feminine versions of the name usually add additional name elements.

Rudo

Rudo is a Shona name that means “love”. Rudo is a common name in South Africa.

Sonia

Sonia is a name that means “benevolent love” in Japanese. It is also the diminutive of Sophia in Russian and means “wisdom”.

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