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Любов
“love”
Любов (Ljubóv) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
Bulgarian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Lyubov.
Meaning & origin
Любов’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Любов has a short form in Люба. In Ukrainian usage, Любов has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lyubov. In Ukrainian usage, Любов has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Libuše.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Любов has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
7 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Любов
- Lyubov PanchenkoUkrainian artist and fashion designer (1938–2022)
- Lyubov BasovaUkrainian racing cyclistborn 1988
- Lyubov YanovskaUkrainian writer1861–1933
- Lyuba YakimchukUkrainian journalist, writer and literary criticborn 1985
- Lyubov ZadorozhnayaSoviet cyclistborn 1942
- Lyubov HolotaUkrainian writerborn 1949
- Liubov Kemularia-NathadzeGeorgian botanist and botanical collector (1891–1985)
- Lyubov RudovskayaSoviet volleyball playerborn 1950
- Lyubov SirotaUkrainian poet, writerborn 1956
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