Given name & surname
Luv
“one who is full of affection”
Luv is a variant of Love. One English interpretation is “one who is full of affection.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Luv is a variant of Love. One English interpretation is “one who is full of affection.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Luv is a variant of Love. An origin associated with Love is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Luv through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 197
- 86 boys · 111 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #14,245 for girls · #13,168 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +63%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,245 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 347 as a first name in 2020; 177 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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