If love is in the air we have the perfect list of unique baby names for you.
Maybe you think there’s nothing more romantic than making a baby, are due to deliver on Valentines Day or are simply in love-struck-awe with the idea of becoming a family.
Whatever the reason, here is a comprehensive list of unique baby names inspired by love.
Sources include:
* International names and words meaning love
* Titles of great romantics
* Mythological beings
* Adorable monikers
* Nicknames from around the globe.
UNISEX BABY NAMES INSPIRED BY LOVE
Aiko (Japanese)
Meaning: Little loved one
Aziz (Arabic)
Meaning: Beloved
Carys (Welsh)
Meaning Love
BABY GIRL NAMES INSPIRED BY LOVE
Adelpha (Greek)
Meaning: Beloved sister
Amore (French),
Meaning: Love
Amia, Amie (French)
Meaning: Beloved
Amora (Spanish),
Meaning: My Love
Amorette (French)
Meaning Little Love
Amanda (British)
Meaning: One who is worthy of love
Angelica (Latin)
Meaning: Like an angel
Aroha (Maori)
Meaning: Love
Aphrodite (Greek)
Because: The Goddess of Love
Brisa (Spanish)
Meaning: Beloved
Charity (English)
Meaning” Love & Goodwill
Chaviva (Hebrew)
Meaning: Dearly loved
Caoimhe (Irish)
Meaning: Lovely and charming
Cara (Latin)
Meaning: Beloved
Carrina (Also Carin, Carrine) (Latin)
Meaning: Little darling
Grace (also Gracie) (Irish)
Meaning: A variant of the Irish name Grianne, meaning love.
Hathor (also Heather modern) (Egyptian)
Meaning: Goddess of the sky, love, beauty, and music
Ishtar (also Esther)
Because: Babylonian Goddess of Love
Imogen (Greek)
Meaning: Beloved child
Juliet (French)
Because: Romeo and… the original epic love story
Laska (Czech)
Meaning: Love
Lennan (Irish)
Meaning: Sweetheart or lover
Loveday (English)
Meaning: Name given to children that are born on a love day. A love day was a 12th century tradition – a day set aside for reconciliation or romance.
Luda (Russian)
Meaning: Love of the people
Mina (Also Minday, Minna, Minna, Minne) (German)
Meaning: Love
Nazneen (Farsi)
Meaning: Exquisitely beautiful, charming. A name used for a beloved woman.
Femi (African)
Meaning: Love Me
Freya (Nordic)
Because: The goddess of love & fertility
Priya (Indian)
Meaning: Dear Love
Philomena (Greek)
Meaning: Greatly loved
Luvina (English)
Meaning: Little beloved one
Prende (Albanian)
Meaning: Goddess of Love
Milda (Lithuanian)
Meaning: Goddess of love and freedom
Nuwa (Also Newa) Chinese
Meaning: Goddess of the wedding band and wedding jewelry. Represents Heaven and the never-ending sexual desire between married couples.
Venita (also Venus) Latin
Meaning: Goddess of love and beauty.
Ziva (Slavic)
Meaning: Goddess of love and fertility
BABY BOY NAMES INSPIRED BY LOVE
Anwill (Welsh)
Meaning: Beloved
Armastus (Estonian)
Meaning: Love
Carwyn (Welsh)
Meaning: Blessed Love
Connelly (also Connor) (Irish)
Meaning: Love & friendship
Darcy (English)
Because: The dapper heroine of Pride & Prejudice, a great love story
David (Hebrew)
Meaning: Beloved
Dawood (Hebrew)
Meaning: Beloved
Enzo (Lithuanian)
Meaning: God of love
Eldad (Biblical)
Meaning: Favoured of God, love of God
Eros (Greek)
Meaning: god of love and sexual desire
Tristan (also Trist) (Celtic)
Because: The nephew of the King of Cornwall who fell in love with the Princess of Ireland. A great romantic.
Shaida (Muslim)
Meaning: Madly in love
Valentine (English)
Because: Variant of Valentinus from the Latin Valens: strong, vigorous, healthy. Saint Valentine’s feast day was the same as the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia, which resulted in the association between Valentine’s Day and love.