Lova
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Lova by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Lova.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Lova
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
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Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lova. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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