# Lovett (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lovett/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,471 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,842 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,857 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.7% (18,421 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lovatt, Lovitt |

## Etymology

A nickname from Anglo-Norman louet (“wolf-cub”), a diminutive of lou (“wolf”); this nickname may have also been used as a personal name.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lovett in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lovett in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Lovett

- Lyle Lovett, American musician
- William Lovett, British activist (1800-1877)
- Eddie Lovett, American hurdler
- Jon Lovett, American screenwriter, speechwriter, and television producer

## Similar surnames

Lovato, Levitt, Loveday, Lovette, Lovitt, Leavitt, Lobato, Lafayette, Luft, Labadie, Labat, Lafata.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.