Love
Love is a unisex given name: about 32% of people named Love are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Male / female split
- 32% male / 68% female
- Confidence
- Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Sweden
- US births since 1880
- 824 male / 2,666 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Love
To address Love when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Love," in English, "Guten Tag Love," in German. About 32% of people named Love are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Love,
German
Guten Tag Love,
French
Bonjour Love,
Spanish
Estimado/a Love:
Chinese
Love您好：
Japanese
Love様
English
Hi Love,
German
Hi Love,
French
Salut Love,
Spanish
Hola Love,
Chinese
Love你好：
Japanese
Loveさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name | 24% |
| Sweden | rare | man's name | 98% |
United States birth data
824 male · 2,666 female · 3,490 births recorded
Since 1980: 11% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Love a male or female name?
Love is a unisex given name: about 32% of people named Love are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Love in an email?
To address Love when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Love," in English, "Guten Tag Love," in German. About 32% of people named Love are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Love a unisex name?
Love is not a unisex name: 32% of people named Love are men. Love leans strongly female overall.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Love a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/love (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_love,
title = {Is Love a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/love},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}