Baby Names That Mean Love

If your mantra in life is “all you need is love,” then you may want to consider a baby name that means ‘love' for your little one. Here are 25 names for both boys and girls that mean love — plus their meaning, origin and more!

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• 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.
• Adoración Adoración is a Spanish name that means “adoration”. The name comes from the Christian tradition called the Adoration of the Magi. This story is when the three Wise Men presented their gifts to the infant Jesus. Adora is a diminutive of the name.
• 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 goddes 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.
• Chikondi Chikondi is a South African name that means “loving” in the Chewa language.
• Cupid Not just an arrow firing cherub on Valentine's Day, Cupid was also a Roman god of passionate love.
• Dilan Dilan is a name that means “love”. In Turkish, Dilan is a feminine name but similarities to the name Dillon make this name unisex in English speaking countries.
• Eros Eros is a Greek name meaning “love”. Like Agape, Eros is one of the six words the ancient Greeks attributed to love. Eros is physical, intimate love.
• Fitia Fitia is a Malagsay name that means “love”. Fitia is a common name in Madagascar.
• Hanisi A rare example of a Rotuman name, Hanisi means “affection, love”. Hanisi can also be added to other names to add an affectionate inflection.
• 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” that 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.
• Pan Pan was a Greek mythological figure. He was a satyr and a god of the wilds who was known to pursue many different lovers, including the goddess Selene.
• 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”.
• Tari Tari is an Ijaw name that means “love”. Tari is a unique alternative to the name Terry.
• Wish Wish is an English term that means “desire, love, longing”. One’s greatest wish is a beloved thing, person, or idea.