Entry № 6131 · Russian origin

Lyubov Lyubov — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ lyoo-BOHV /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Russian
Meaning
"Love"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Russian)

A name that means "love".

Lyubov (Любовь) is the Russian word for "love" — the third of three theological virtues (faith, hope, love).

Lyubov is widely used in Russia.

Love. The third Russian virtue.

The name in its native script.

Любовь
Transliteration
Lyubov
Pronunciation
/ ljuːˈboʊv /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lyubov stands.

Lyubov does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Lyubovs before her.

Real people
Lyubov Slizka
Russian politician.
born 1953
In fiction
Lyubov
Heroine of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.
1904 play

Names connected to Lyubov.

The number behind Lyubov.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lyubov reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.