Love () is the

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version of the French name ''

Louis Louis may refer to: People * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer Other uses * Louis (coin), a French coin * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also ...

''. It can also be a version of

Lovisa Lovisa is a Swedified form of Louise, which originates in Louis and has been used in Sweden since the 17th century. It was placed in the Swedish calendar in the 1750s after king Adolf Fredericks marriage to Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia in 1744. Lo ...

, and can thus be used both for men and women, although it is more common with men. The name is uncommon among adults; there are fewer than 200 men older than 30 in Sweden with the name, but several hundreds from every cohort born in the 1990s. As on 31 December 2009, there were in total 6,058 men in Sweden with the name Love/Lowe, of which 2,953 had it as

first name First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared an ...

, and the rest as

middle name In various cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between a person's given name and surname. A middle name is often abbreviated and is then called middle initial or just initial. A person may be given a middle ...

. There were also 531 women with the name, of which 128 had it as their given name. In 2003, 344 boys got the name, and of those, 182 got it as given name. The same year, 24 girls got the name, of which 6 got it as given name. The

name day In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, as well as Christian communities elsewhere. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively t ...

in Sweden is 2 October (1986-1992: 3 December; 1993-2000: 26 November). Persons with the name include: * Love Ablish (born 1982), Indian first-class cricketer *

Carl Jonas Love Almqvist Carl Jonas Love Ludvig Almqvist (28 November 1793 – 26 September 1866) was a Swedish author, romantic poet, romantic critic of political economy, realist, composer and social critic. Biography Carl Jonas Love Almqvist was born in Stockhol ...

(1793–1866), Swedish author and composer * Love Antell (born 1980), Swedish-Finnish singer and artist * Love Gantt (1875–1935), American physician

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