Love

Love

1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter L.

   Synonym: Lima

Love (countable and uncountable, plural Loves)

1. A surname.
2. A male given name. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. A female given name.
4. Cupid, Eros, or another personification of love.
   • 1897, “The Quarrel of Love and Hymen”, in Choicest Lyrics from the Realms of Love, page 99:

     To Hymen's bower young Cupid came,
     And each with each was quite delighted;
     Love shot his dart of surest aim,
     And Hymen's brightest torch was lighted.

5. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.

• Love County

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Love is the 385^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 82,873 individuals. Love is most common among White (56.49%) and Black (37.03%) individuals.

• levo, levo-, velo-, vole, voël

Borrowed from English Love, from love.

Love

1. a female given name from English

Assumed to have been created as a masculine counterpart to Lova. First attested in 1782^[1].

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːvɛ/

• Audio (Småland):

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Love c (genitive Loves)

1. a male given name, feminine equivalent Lova

• According to 2025 Swedish Tax Agency, the given name Love belong to 11795 individuals in Sweden.^[2]
• Peak usage from 1990 onwards.^[1]

Borrowed from English Love.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlav/ [ˈlav]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈlab/ [ˈlab̚]
• Rhymes: -av, (with nativization) -ab
• Syllabification: Love

Love (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊ᜔)

1. a female given name from English