Given name
Luvena
“little one who is dearly loved”
Luvena is a variant of Luvina. One English interpretation is “little one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Luvena is a variant of Luvina. One English interpretation is “little one who is dearly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Luvena is a variant of Lavinia. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain. Luvena is a variant of Luvina. An origin associated with Luvina is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Luvena is a variant of Lavinia. The history of Lavinia gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Lavinia is associated with the daughter of Latinus and wife of Aeneas.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Luvena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 119
- 0 boys · 119 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 10 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 girls is 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1919.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Luvena’s family of names
Luvena has a related form in Lavinia. Luvena has a related form in Luvina.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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