Dog Names Meaning Love

78 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all meaning categories.

Afrodita

Spanish and Russian form of Aphrodite, from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη

Aica

Recorded as a feminine given name in Italian

Aido

Aikor

Airin

Recorded as a given name in Japanese, Norwegian, Bengali and Korean

Akimu

Aloha

A Hawaiian word that means love, peace, and compassion

Amabel

Medieval form of Amabilis, from Latin amabilis, "lovable"

Amak

Amanda

From Latin amanda, "lovable, worthy of love"

Amare

Variant of Amari; also the Latin word for "to love"

Amo

Recorded as a masculine given name in Georgian

Amoka

Amor

Means "love" in Latin, Spanish and Portuguese.

Amora

A modern coinage based on Latin amor, "love"

Amore

Italian form of Amor; the Italian word for "love".

Amorette

German diminutive formed from Amor and the French suffix -ette

Amoria

Recorded as a feminine given name in english

Amorita

Amour

French form of Amor, the Latin word for love.

Aphie

Aska

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Ballou

Caris

Variant of Carys, a Welsh name

Carys

Welsh, from caru, "to love"

Cerry

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in German

Cerys

Welsh feminine given name, a variant of Carys

Cinta

Means "love" in Indonesian, from Sanskrit cintā; also means "ribbon" in Spanish and Catalan.

Conner

Variant of Conor, used in Irish, Old Irish and Irish Mythology

Cupid

The Roman god of love, often depicted as a youthful figure with a bow and arrows

Elska

From Old Norse elska, to love

Emmielou

Felipe

Spanish and brazilian portuguese form of philip, from greek philippos, 'fond of horses'

Femi

Love, affection in Yoruba

Filippa

Greek, Scandinavian and Italian feminine form of Philip

Filippo

Italian form of Philip, from Greek Philippos, meaning "horse lover".

Frigg

From Proto-Germanic *Frijjō, derived from the root *frijōną meaning "to love"

Grania

Derived from the Irish word for 'love' or 'grace'.

Imana

The creator deity in traditional Banyarwanda and Barundi religion

Jadore

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare modern American given name

Kari

Norwegian short form of Katarina, and a Finnish form of Macarius.

Kemi

Yoruba feminine given name; Finnish place name, from the river Kemijoki

Kerensa

Means "love" in Cornish

Lempi

Means "love" in Finnish

Lerato

Means "love" in Sotho

Liebe

German for love; a user-submitted entry records it as a feminine Yiddish name

Ljuba

From the Slavic element ľuby, "love"; or short form of names beginning with it

Lovejoy

An English (Puritan) given name, recorded for both men and women

Lovella

No documented meaning; recorded as a rare English feminine given name

Lovi

Luba

Alternate transcription of Russian and Ukrainian Люба, and the usual Georgian form

Lubov

Russian and ukrainian given name meaning "love"

Luvy

Malley

A surname; recorded as an English given name for either sex

Mandy

A diminutive of Amanda

Melora

Mina

A name of various origins, often meaning 'love' or 'precious' in different cultures.

Mindy

Diminutive of Melinda; also speculated as Greek for "gentle" or "honey"

MäNdie

Nayeli

Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii, "I love you", or nayele', "open"

Pamina

A character in the opera 'The Magic Flute' by Mozart, representing love and innocence

Penda

Recorded as a given name in African American, Anglo-Saxon, Ovambo and Fula use

Phill

A short form of Philip, meaning 'lover of horses'.

Pink

Pink is the English word for a pale tint of red or rose

Prem

From Sanskrit प्रेम (prema), meaning "love, affection"

Roselyn

Variant of Rosalyn, a feminine given name

Scarlet

A bright red colour, or a variant of Scarlett; both from a type of cloth

Sneh

Sneh means love or affection in Hindi.

Thando

From Xhosa, Zulu and Ndebele thanda, "to love"

Topaz

From the English word for the yellow precious stone, the traditional birthstone of November.