Girl names that mean love
Most widely given today: Mila, Astrid and Frida.
10 girl names whose sourced meaning includes love. Where a meaning comes from a related name, we say so; where the source hedges, so do we.
grace, beloved
Say it MEE-luh
Slavic origin
grace, beloved
2 syllablesLoved in four German cities, the Netherlands, Switzerland and four more places. Common across Quebec, Sweden, Ontario and 12 more places. Rare in Norway, Poland, Northern Ireland and two more places.
1 in 188 girls born in Scotland in 2025
god + beautiful, originally beloved
Say it AS-trid
Germanic origin
god + beautiful, originally beloved
2 syllablesLoved in Sweden and Norway. Rare in Catalonia, Slovenia, Canada and 11 more places. Common in Denmark.
1 in 1,118 girls born in Scotland in 2025
beautiful, beloved
Say it FREE-duh
Germanic origin
beautiful, beloved
2 syllablesLoved in Norway and one more place. Common across six German cities, Austria and one more place. Rare in Slovenia, Sweden, Italy and seven more places.
1 in 5,964 girls born in Scotland in 2025
dear
Say it KAR-uh
A modern coinage
dear
2 syllablesCommon across Northern Ireland and Ireland. Rare in Scotland, four German cities, England and Wales and six more places.
1 in 140 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
beloved
Say it AY-mee
Latin origin
beloved
2 syllablesCommon in the Netherlands. Rare in Ireland, five German cities, Israel and 14 more places.
1 in 640 girls born in Ireland in 2025
dear, kind
Say it mih-LAY-nuh
Slavic origin
dear, kind
3 syllablesCommon across Poland and three more places. Rare in Switzerland, four German cities, Austria and 11 more places.
1 in 5,282 girls born in Ireland in 2025
love
Say it DOO-uh
Albanian origin
love
2 syllablesCommon across Munich, Switzerland and one more place. Rare in Britain, Austria, Slovenia and 13 more places.
1 in 616 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
to love
Say it uh-MAN-duh
Latin origin
to love
3 syllablesCommon across Norway and one more place. Rare in Poland, Italy, four German cities and nine more places.
1 in 4,225 girls born in Ireland in 2025
descendant of Lover (Leannán)
Say it LEN-un
Irish origin
descendant of Lover (Leannán)
2 syllablesCommon in Canada. Rare in Northern Ireland, England and Wales and Italy.
1 in 2,429 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
beloved
Say it dee-LET-tah
Italian origin
beloved
3 syllablesCommon in Italy.
1 in 270 girls born in Italy in 2024