# Lyubov (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lyubov/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “love” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 26 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 26 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Любовь (Ljubovʹ), from любовь (ljubovʹ, “love”).

## What it means

Lyubov is grouped under love.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | 14,810 |
| 1999 | 5 | 15,855 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,692 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,113 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,924 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

## In other languages

- Ukrainian: Любов

## People named Lyubov

- Lioubov Sokolova, female volleyball player from Russia
- Lyubow Demeetriyevna Oosava, Belarusian Soviet architect

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.