If you're expecting a baby boy and wish to instill in him a sense of love, compassion, and affinity for all living things, select a boy name that means love. Here are some options to help guide your selection.
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- Adamat Adamant is an Albanian name that means “love”. Adamant comes from the Latin term adamo that means “I love truly, earnestly, deeply or greatly”.
- Agapenor Agapenor is a Greek name that means “man of love, esteem, respect”. Agapenor comes from the terms “agape” meaning “love, esteem, respect” and “aner” meaning “man”.
- Aibing Aibing is a Chinese name that means “army love” or “ice love” depending on the characters used to spell the name. “Ai” means “love” in both Chinese and Japanese.
- Aiichiro Aiichiro is a Japanese name that means “beloved son”. Aiichiro is often given to the firstborn son.
- Alatari Alatari is an Ijaw name that means “love of royalty” or “king’s love”. Ijaw is a language spoken in Nigeria.
- Amadeus Amadeus means “love of God” and is best known as the first name of composer Amadeus Mozart.
- Daraima Daraima is an Efik name that means “celebrate love” and is common in Nigeria.
- Edon Edon is an Albanian name that means “he loves”. Edon is similar to the Biblical Garden of Eden that is said to be paradise.
- Evindar Evindar is a Kurdish name that means “love”. Evindar is a unique twist on the old fashioned name Evander.
- Fenimore Fenimore is derived from an Old English surname that means “abundant love”.
- Fileno Fileno is an uncommon Italian name. While the meaning is uncertain most etymologists link the name to the Classical Greek term “filein” meaning “to love”.
- Kama Kama is a Sanskrit name that means “to love”. Kama is the Hindu god of love.
- Karac Karac is a modern English name that derives from names like Caratos and Caradog. Karac means “love” from the Celtic term “car”.
- Kem Kem is a Romani name that means “sun” and “to love”.
- Leofred Leofred is a Norwegian and medieval English name that means “lion love”. A brave and bold name for any little boy.
- Lieber Lieber is a Yiddish name that means “love”. The feminine version of the name is Liba.
- Lovemore Lovemore is a cognate of the English terms “love” and “more”. The name isn’t very popular in the US but is very common in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
- Medad Medad is a Biblical Hebrew name that means “love”. In the Old Testament, Medad was a prophet who fled Egypt with the Israelites.
- Mirvan Mirvan is an old fashioned Georgian name that means “bonds of love, friendship”. Morgan was the name of two great historical Georgian kings.
- Pranay Pranay is Sanskrit for “leader, affection, love”. Pranay is popular in India but hasn’t caught on in the US.
- Sevim – Sevim is a Turkish name that means “love”.
- Thando A Xhosa, Zulu and Ndebele name, Thando means “to love”. The name comes from the term “thanda”.
- Tima Tima is an Efik name that means “remember love”. Tima is also the Russian diminutive of the name Timur.
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