105 Baby Names That Mean Love for Your Littlest Valentine

Is there anything sweeter than Valentine’s Day? Candy and presents are a big part of this love-themed holiday that started as a Christian feast celebrating the martyr St. Valentine, and now celebrates romance and love in all forms.

From names that mean love to monikers inspired by hearts and romance, these baby girl names and baby boy names are sweet (and a little sappy). 

If you’re looking for a popular or unique name for your littlest loved one, there is a lot of inspiration to be found in Valentine’s Day.

Related: 100 Beautiful Girl Names with Unique Meanings

Valentine's Day-Inspired Baby Girl Names

1. Adora - Latin meaning “to love” or “loved child.”
2. Agapi - Greek for “love” or “affection.”
3. Amia - This lovely name is Latin for “beloved.”
4. Amy/Aimee - Latin/French meaning “beloved.”
5. Amanda - Latin for ‘worthy of love.”
6. Amara - Arabic/Sanskrit/Igbo for “grace,” immortal,” or “tribe.”
7. Amoretta/Amorette - French for “little love.”
8. Aphrodite - After the goddess of love. Greek meaning “risen from the sea.”
9. Asmara - Indonesian for “love.”
10. Belle - French for “beautiful.”
11. Candi - Latin for “bright,” “pure,” or “glowing white.”
12. Cara - Irish meaning “friend” or Latin for “darling,” “beloved,” “dear,” or “loved one.”
13. Carina - Latin for “beloved.”
14. Carissa - Latin for “beloved” or “grace.”
15. Carys - French for “to love.”
16. Cherish - British meaning “beloved” or “to treasure.”
17. Cordelia - Latin/Celtic for “heart” or “daughter of the sea.”
18. Desiree - French, meaning “desired.”
19. Dione - "English for “love and beauty.”
20. Esme - French for “beloved.”
21. Filomena - Greek for “powerful love.”
22. Femi - Nigerian name meaning “love me.”
23. Freya - Nordic for “a noblewoman,” after the Norse goddess of love.
24. Grania - Irish for “love.”
25. Habiba/Habibi - Arabic for “loved one.”
26. Hulda - Hebrew for “loved one.”
27. Janiya - Arabic for “beloved.”
28. Juji - African for “heap of love.”
29. Juliet - After the co-star of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Latin/French for “youthful.”
30. Kama - Indian for “love” or “ripe.”
31. Kerensa - English/Welsh for “love.”
32. Lacey - English meaning “lace-like,” “cheerful,” or “from Lassy.”
33. Libi - Hebrew for “my heart.”
34. Lily - After the flower. This English name meaning is “purity” and “innocence.”
35. Lovette - English for “little loved one.”
36. Mabel - Victorian meaning “lovable.”
37. Mahal - Arabic for “love.”
38. Mila - Slavic/Russian for “gracious” or “dear.”
39. Milada - Slavic for “young love.”
40. Mina - Persian for “azure,” or Hebrew for “love,” “will,” or “desire.”
41. Nayeli - Native American meaning “I love you.”
42. Obiajulu - African meaning “my heart is content.”
43. Phillipa - French for “lover of horses.”
44. Priya - Sanskrit for “beloved.”
45. Rose - German for “famous flower.”
46. Ruby - Latin for “red precious stone.”
47. Suki - Japanese meaning “beloved.”
48. Tulip - Persian origin, meaning “perfect love.”
49. Valentina - Romanian meaning “healthy” or “Strong.”
50. Venus - Latin for “love,” after the Roman goddess of love.

Valentine's Day-Inspired Baby Boy Names 

1. Agapius - Latin meaning “divine love.”
2. Amadeus - Latin for “lover of God.”
3. Apollo - Greek for “manly beauty,” after the god of medicine, music, and poetry.
4. Aziz - Islamic for “beloved, powerful.”
5. Bukka - Hindi for “heart,” “loving,” and “sincere.”
6. Cariad - Welsh for “to love.”
7. Caro - Spanish for “dear” or “beloved.”
8. Ceri - Welsh for “love.”
9. Connelly - Irish for “love and friendship.”
10. Cupid - Latin for “desire.”
11. David - Hebrew for beloved.”
12. Elmo - Greek/Latin/Italian meaning “love.”
13. Eros - Greek meaning “desire,” after the god of passion and fertility.
14. Euston - Irish meaning “heart.”
15. Fenmore - English for “dear love.”
16. Habib - Arabic for “loved one.”
17. Howard - German/English for “high guardian” or “brave heart.”
18. Hubbell - English for “brave heart.”
19. Jeb - Hebrew for “beloved friend.”
20. Lennan - Scottish/Gaelic meaning “lover.”
21. Lev - Slavic meaning “heart.”
22. Milos - Slavic for “beloved.”
23. Phillip - Greek for “horse-loving,” a variation of Philos, which means “dear,” “loved,” or “loving.”
24. Rami - Arabic name meaning “wise protector” or “loving.”
25. Roman/Rome - Hebrew meaning “strong,” “man of Rome,” or “powerful,” after another city of love."
26. Romeo - Italian meaning “pilgrim to Rome” or “Roman” after one of the main characters in Shakespeare’s tragic romance.
27. Rubyn - Hebrew for “behold, a son” or “red.”
28. Sajan - Hindi meaning “loved one.”
29. Teddy - French for “wealthy protector,” after a common Valentine’s Day gift.
30. Valentino - Italian for “strength.”

Valentine's Day-Inspired Gender Neutral Baby Names 

1. Aiko - Japanese for “little loved one.”
2. Amor - Spanish for “love.”
3. Amory - English/German for “home strength”; or Latin for “loved one.”
4. Angel - Greek for “messenger” or “heavenly being.”
5. Carin - Latin for “beloved” or “pure.”
6. Corazon - Spanish for “heart.”
7. Cordis - Latin for “of the heart.”
8. Court - English for “courtier.”
9. Dove - English for “a bird.”
10. Dwyn - God of love in Celtic mythology."
11. Emery - British for “industrious” or “loving.”
12. Hart - British for “bear,” “hero,” or “stag.”
13. Kealoha - Hawaiian for “love.”
14. Ishtar - After the Babylonian Goddess of love.
15. Kallen - Irish/Gaelic for “mighty in battle” or “warrior.”
16. Kendi - African meaning “the loved one.”
17. Lennon - Irish Gaelic for “blackbird” or “lover.”
18. Liev - Yiddish meaning “heart.”
19. Love - English for “affection.”
20. Obi - African/Niegerian-Ibo for “heart.”
21. Paris - Greek meaning “from Paris.” Name your little one after the city of love.
22. Rasmus - Finnish meaning “beloved.”
23. Rhys - Welsh for “ardor.”
24. Thando - African meaning “love.”
25. Tyas - Indonesian for “heart of hearts.”

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