Given name & surname
Lovelace
Lovelace is a surname, possibly from Middle English.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lovelace possibly comes from Middle English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Middle English lufeless (“loveless”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lovelace through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 142 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1961. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 150 as a first name in 2020; 13,343 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lovelace’s family of names
In English usage, Lovelace as a surname has a related form in LOVELESS. In English usage, Lovelace as a surname has a related form in LOVELESS. In English usage, Lovelace as a surname has a related form in LOWES.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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