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Love

Love is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

Mostly femaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Mostly female
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Sweden
US records 1880–2017
824 male / 2,666 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Love

If you do not know Love’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Love,” in English, “Guten Tag Love,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Love,

German

Guten Tag Love,

French

Bonjour Love,

Spanish

Estimado/a Love:

Chinese

Love您好：

Japanese

Love様

English

Hi Love,

German

Hi Love,

French

Salut Love,

Spanish

Hola Love,

Chinese

Love你好：

Japanese

Loveさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Love by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesuncommonwoman's name
Swedenrareman's name

United States birth data

824 male · 2,666 female · 3,490 births recorded

Male ≈ 23.6%Female ≈ 76.4%

Records from 1980–2017: 11.1% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Love a male or female name?

Love is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Love in an email?

If you do not know Love’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Love,” in English, “Guten Tag Love,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Love a unisex name?

Love is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Love a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/love. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_love,
  title  = {Is Love a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/love},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}