Lovella
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in England and Wales.
Lovella by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Lovella. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 39 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Lovella
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.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lovella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Louellafamous elf; a form of Louisa20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lovelllittle wolf; wolf cub15 in the US (2017)
- Lorellalaurel; feminine form of Lorello4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lovelle3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Luellafamous elf; combination name60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lowellyoung wolf; wolf-like36 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lovella
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