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Aichi Japanese
From 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection, favorite" and 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom, knowledge, intelligence, know".... [more]

Aikou Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love" combined with 甲 (kou) meaning "armor, first class".

Aikyō Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 敬 (kyō) meaning "respect, honour, reverence". One known bearer is Hisashi Aikyō (1976-), a retired Japanese baseball player... [more]

Aimé Haitian Creole, French (African)
Means "loved, love" in French.

Aimoto Japanese
Aimoto is often written as 愛 (ai) meaning "love, reverence, affection" or 相 (ai) meaning "together, each other, aspect, mutual" and 本 (moto) meaning "source, origin, root".

Aino Japanese (Rare)
Means "of love" or "of the love" in japanese. A notable name bearer is a fictional character "Minako Aino" in the "Sailor Moon" anime... [more]

Aisaki Japanese
Ai can mean "indigo", "love, affection" or "together, join" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Aisawa Japanese
Ai can mean "affection, love", "join, together" or "indigo" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Aiyama Japanese
Ai can mean "together, join", "love, affection" or "indigo" and yama means "mountain".

Amanzi Italian
Possibly from amate "to love". Alternately, may be from the dialectical word manzu "tame, gentle, docile", or from the given name Mantius.

Amor Spanish, Portuguese
Means "love" in Spanish and Portuguese, likely denoting an illegitimate child and also a philanderer. It could also be from the given name Amor... [more]

Amores Spanish
From a nickname for a philanderer meaning "loves" in Spanish, the plural of amor meaning "love".

Amouroux Occitan
Derived from Occitan amorós meaning "loving, amorous".

Ashiq Punjabi, Urdu
Derived from Arabic عَاشِق (ʿāšiq) meaning "enamored, infatuated" or "admirer, lover", ultimately from عِشْق (ʿišq) "being in love".

Bien-Aimé Haitian Creole
Means "beloved" from French bien meaning "good" and aimé meaning "love".

Cecamore Italian
Possibly means "blind love".

Drury English, French, Irish
Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from druerie "love, friendship" (itself a derivative of dru "lover, favourite, friend" - originally an adjective, apparently from a Gaulish word meaning "strong, vigourous, lively", but influenced by the sense of the Old High German element trut, drut "dear, beloved").... [more]

Fenimore English
From a medieval nickname meaning literally "fine love" (from Old French fin amour).

Fils-Aimé Haitian Creole
Means "beloved son" from French fils meaning "son" and aimé "love".

Hanoun Arabic
Derived from Arabic حنون (hanun) meaning "loving, fond, affectionate" or "merciful, compassionate".

Iddon English
From the Old Norse female personal name Idunn, literally probably "perform love" (cf. Idony).

Karasevdas Greek
Possibly from the Turkish word kara meaning "black, dark" and the given name Sevda literally meaning "passion, strong love" in Turkish.

Koigakubo Japanese
Koi means "love", ga is a language particle, ku means "long time ago, lasting" and bo means "guarantee, protect".

Lamoree French
From the nickname "the loved one" derived from the French word amour meaning "love" from (Latin amor).

Lamour French
From Old French l'amour "(the) friendship bond" used as a nickname for a kindly individual derived from the French word amour "love" (from Latin amor).

Lemba Estonian
Lemba is an Estonian name derived from "lembe", meaning "loving" and "affectionate".

Lember Estonian
Lember is an Estonian surname derived from "lembe", meaning "loving" and "affectionate".

Lempinen Finnish
Derived from the given name Lempi, meaning "love" or from a nickname.

Lempu Estonian
Lempu is an Estonian surname derived from "lembe" meaning "loving" and "affectionate".

Lieb German
From a short form of the various compound Slavic personal names formed with lubo- "love" as the first element.

Littman German (East Prussian), German (West Prussian), German, Jewish
Derived from Germanized Czech personal names like Litomir (Czech: Ljutomir) and Litobor (Czech: Ljutobor) which ultimately go back to Old Slavic ljutu "grim; fierce; ferocious; wild". One theory suggests, however, that these given names might have been influenced by ljub- "love; dear".... [more]

Lovecraft English
An English surname coming from the Old English lufu, meaning "love, desire", and cæft, meaning "strength, skill".... [more]

Lovejoy English
Combination of Middle English love(n), luve(n) "to love" and joie "joy".

Lubahn German
Germanized form of a Slavic or Old Prussian name formed with lub- "love", "dear".

Mitsugi Japanese
This surname is used as 貢, 三木, 三ツ木, 三津木, 三樹, 三次, 参木, 満木, 見次, 身次 or 巳継 with 貢 (ku, kou, mitsu.gu) meaning "finance, support, tribute", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port", 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood", 樹 (juu, ki) meaning "timber trees, wood", 参 (san, shin, mai-, mai.ru, majiwaru, mitsu) meaning "be defeated, be madly in love, coming, die, going, nonplussed, three, visit, visiting", 満 (ban, man, mi.tasu, mi.chiru, mi.tsu) meaning "enough, full, fullness, satisfy", 見 (ken, mi.eru, mi.seru, mi.ru) meaning "chances, hopes, idea, look at, opinion, see, visible", 身 (shin, mi) meaning "one's station in life, person, somebody", 次 (shi, ji, tsugi, tsu.gu) meaning "next, order, sequence", 巳 (shi, mi) meaning "sign of the snake/serpent (6th sign of Chinese zodiac)" and 継 (kei, tsu.gi, mama-) meaning "graft (tree), inherit, patch, succeed."... [more]

Philippart Belgian
In the Medieval period, of Ancient Greek origin, derives from philippos, a compound made of philein meaning "to love", and hippos, a horse, hence "lover of horses".

Premachandra Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon".

Premadasa Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and दास (dasa) meaning "servant, slave".

Premakumara Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, prince".

Premaratne Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure".

Premasinghe Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and सिंह (sinha) meaning "lion".

Premasiri Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty".

Premathilaka Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and तिलक (tilaka) meaning "mark, dot, ornament".

Premawardana Sinhalese
Derived from Sanskrit प्रेम (prema) meaning "love, affection" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".

Quinzel Popular Culture
The actual surname of the fictional character Harley Quinn. The character first appeared in the "Batman: The Animated Series" episode "Joker's Favor" in September 1992, but her full name (Harleen Quinzel) was not revealed until the February 1994 one-shot comic "The Batman Adventures: Mad Love"... [more]

Seven Turkish
Means "loving, affectionate" in Turkish.

Sevim Turkish
Means "love" in Turkish.

Tersoo Tiv
Means, "father's love". Has its history from Tiv origin. Its a common name amongst the Tiv people of Nigeria.

Uchiai Japanese
Uchi means "inside" and ai means "together, join", "indigo" or "love, affection".