Love (surname) explained

Love is an English language surname of several possible origins.^[1]

It is possibly derived from "Luiff", which came from "Wolf".^[2]

It may be spelling without diacritics of names such as Löve.

Notable people with the surname include:

In sports

Bob Love (born 1942), American basketball player
Bryce Love (born 1997), American football player
Caleb Love (born 2001), American basketball player
Colin Love (born 1945), Australian rugby league football administrator
Davis Love III (born 1964), American golfer
Donald Love (born 1994), Scottish footballer; defender for Sunderland
Glenn Love (born 1989), American football player
Harry Love (cricketer) (1871–1942), English cricketer
Ian Love (born 1958), Welsh footballer
Jeremiyah Love, American football player
Jesse Love (born 2005), American racing driver
Joanne Love (born 1985), Scottish footballer
John Love (1924–2005), Rhodesian race car driver
Jordan Love (born 1998), American football player
Josh Love (born 1996), American football player
Julian Love (born 1998), American football player
Kevin Love (born 1988), American basketball player
Kyle Love (born 1986), American football player
Langston Love (born 2002), American basketball player
Mike Love (defensive lineman) (born 1994), American football player
Ricky Love, American basketball player
Stan Love (basketball) (born 1949), American basketball player; father of Kevin Love and brother of Beach Boys member Mike Love
Ted Love (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
Vágner Love (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
Yeardley Love (1987–2010), American women's lacrosse player and murder victim

Airrion Love (born 1968), American singer (member of The Stylistics)
Abz Love Richard Abidin Breen (born 29 June 1979), better known as Abz Love, is an English singer, rapper and songwriter. Love was a member of the boy band Five and is current member of supergroup Boyz on Block.
Courtney Love (born 1964), American musician and actress
Darlene Love (born 1941), American singer
D. Wayne Love, British vocalist with the Alabama 3 (A3 in the US)
G. Love (born 1972), stage name of Garrett Dutton III, American musician
Geoff Love (1917–1991), British musician
Gerard Love bass player and songwriter with Teenage Fanclub
Kylie Sonique Love (born 1983), American drag queen, singer, dancer and reality television personality
Larry Love, British vocalist with the Alabama 3 (A3 in the US)
Mary Love (1943–2013), American soul and gospel singer
Mike Love (born 1941), American singer-songwriter and founding member of The Beach Boys
Monie Love (born 1970), stage name of Simone Wilson or Simone Gooden, British singer, emcee and radio personality
Patrick Love (born 1968), American gospel musician
Rico Love (born 1982), American rapper and record producer
Shirley Love (born 1940), American opera singer

Adrian Love (1944–1999), British radio presenter
Angelina Love, the best-known ring name of Lauren Ann Williams (born 1981), Canadian wrestler
Bessie Love (1898–1986), American actress
Brandi Love, stage name for Tracey Lynn Livermore (born 1973), an American pornographic actress
Brother Love, stage name for Bruce Prichard (born 1963), a professional wrestling personality
Darris Love, (born 1980), American actor
Dude Love, a ring name of Mick Foley (born 1965), American wrestler
Gary Love (born 1964), British actor and film director
Harry Love (animator) (1911–1997), American animator
Kermit Love (1916–2008), American puppeteer, costume designer and actor
Loni Love (born 1971), American comedian, television host, actress, and author
Nick Love (born 1969), English film director and writer
Pauline Joless Love (1914–2001), American actress better known as Pauline Moore
Willie Love (1906–1953), American Delta blues pianist

Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940), British mathematician
David Love (geologist) (1913–2002), American field geologist
David J. Love (born 1979), American professor of engineering
Michael Harris-Love (born 1968), Researcher and Physical Therapy Program Director
Robert Love (born 1981), American open-source software developer, author and speaker
Stanley G. Love (born 1965), American scientist and NASA astronaut

General Sir Frederick Love (1789–1866), British Army officer and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
George M. Love (1831–1887), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Harry Love (lawman) (1810–1868), head of California's first law enforcement agency
John Love (general) (1820–1881), United States Army Major General (Indiana) during and after the Mexican–American War
John K. Love, United States Marine Corps general serving with NATO
Nancy Harkness Love (1914–1976), American pilot, commander of Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron in World War II
Robert Love (soldier) (1760–1845), American Revolutionary War soldier and political leader
Robert J. Love, American pilot, Korean War flying ace

John Arthur Love (1916–2002), American politician, governor of the State of Colorado
Mia Love (born 1975), American politician
Milton Sydney Love (1852–1924), magistrate in New South Wales, Australia
Peter Early Love (1818–1866), American politician, lawyer, jurist
Ralph Love (1907–1994), New Zealand politician and activist
Reggie Love (born 1981), personal aide to U.S. President Barack Obama
Samuel B. Love, Florida politician
Sandra Love (1945–2018), American politician
Shirley Love (politician), (1933–2020), American politician and radio broadcaster
William Love (disambiguation), several people, including

Rev. John Love (minister), D.D. (1757–1825), Church of Scotland preacher and author
Richard Love (1596–1661), English churchman and academic