Love
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, feminine equivalent Lova. Assumed to have been created as a masculine counterpart to Lova. First attested in 1782.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Love (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Love has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | 70 |
| 1999 | – | 76 |
| 2000 | – | 90 |
| 2001 | – | 114 |
| 2002 | – | 112 |
| 2003 | – | 137 |
| 2004 | 9 | 139 |
| 2005 | 6 | 141 |
| 2006 | 6 | 161 |
| 2007 | – | 180 |
| 2008 | 5 | 155 |
| 2009 | 2 | 219 |
| 2010 | 8 | 278 |
| 2011 | 7 | 249 |
| 2012 | 5 | 247 |
| 2013 | 3 | 223 |
| 2014 | 5 | 242 |
| 2015 | 4 | 324 |
| 2016 | 3 | 247 |
| 2017 | 5 | 235 |
| 2018 | – | 228 |
| 2019 | 2 | 224 |
| 2020 | 3 | 237 |
| 2021 | – | 241 |
| 2022 | – | 190 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 41 | 998 |
| 2000 | 48 | 1,092 |
| 2001 | 55 | 1,211 |
| 2002 | 61 | 1,319 |
| 2003 | 68 | 1,449 |
| 2004 | 78 | 1,596 |
| 2005 | 83 | 1,727 |
| 2006 | 90 | 1,881 |
| 2007 | 95 | 2,061 |
| 2008 | 106 | 2,218 |
| 2009 | 105 | 2,433 |
| 2010 | 116 | 2,713 |
| 2011 | 124 | 2,964 |
| 2012 | 134 | 3,203 |
| 2013 | 136 | 3,424 |
| 2014 | 143 | 3,660 |
| 2015 | 150 | 3,984 |
| 2016 | 157 | 4,237 |
| 2017 | 170 | 4,462 |
| 2018 | 169 | 4,685 |
| 2019 | 170 | 4,922 |
| 2020 | 173 | 5,153 |
Love in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Love.Hi! My name is Love.
- Love ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Love called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Vet du om Love kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Love is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Loves mamma är lärare.Love's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Loves mamma is Love's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Love
How do you pronounce Love in Swedish?
In IPA, Love is /ˈluːvɛ/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Love mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, feminine equivalent Lova. Assumed to have been created as a masculine counterpart to Lova. First attested in 1782.
How popular is Love in Sweden?
190 babies were named Love in 2022. In 2020, 5,326 people in Sweden had Love as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2015 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.