Loveday Forename

65,245th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 9,094 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Loveday Forename Definition:

A female name. a common medieval christian name, which later became confined to Cornwall (where it still survives), sometimes in the form Lowdv. The name was originally given to children born on a loveday, that is, a day appointed for a meeting between enemies, litigants, &c.

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Loveday Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
97%
 
8,1401:21,8142,163
England
 
87%
2551:218,0516,234
Zimbabwe
91%
 
2341:65,9145,314
Zambia-2101:75,4994,006
South Africa
67%
 
961:568,04826,056
United States-601:6,042,28371,113
Canada-241:1,380,55723,993
Philippines
100%
231:4,609,10881,684
Scotland
100%
101:535,0376,544
Tanzania
100%
41:13,197,08050,227
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Uganda
100%
31:13,652,30774,436
Ireland
100%
21:2,321,7608,894
Wales-21:1,547,15412,610
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
China-21:683,027,89194,999
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Germany
100%
11:96,677,87695,912
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Niger-11:19,183,99477,442
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Mali-11:16,977,7558,714
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Jersey-11:99,9802,122

Loveday (13,603) may also be a surname.

Loveday Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. a common medieval christian name, which later became confined to Cornwall (where it still survives), sometimes in the form Lowdv. The name was originally given to children born on a loveday, that is, a day appointed for a meeting between enemies, litigants, &c., with a view to an amicable settlement of disputes. It is a translation of Latin dies amoris. The christian name Luveday is recorded as early as 1205, though the earliest example of the noun given in Oxford English Dictionary is c.1290.

Luveday Curia Regis Rolls 1205. Loveday Hundred Rolls 1273. Lovdie Cornish Parish Registers 1578. Lowdy Cornish Parish Registers 1601, 1622.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

M. This Cornish, or mainly Cornish name, is probably from the surname; literally, ‘a day appointed for reconciliations’ (Weekley, Romance of Names).

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

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