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Lovebond Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. Probably a sobriquet of a playfully satirical character affixed to one who was a slave or bond to love; v. Bond. But it may have been a personal name, for Love-bond would make a pretty child's name; compare Love, Lovekin, Lovecock, Loveday.

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Lovebond Surname Distribution Map

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Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales51:313,68310,604
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Lovebond Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a nickname. Probably a sobriquet of a playfully satirical character affixed to one who was a slave or bond to love; v. Bond. But it may have been a personal name, for Love-bond would make a pretty child's name; compare Love, Lovekin, Lovecock, Loveday. Also compare Lovelot (Kirby's Quest).

Nicholas Loveband, Norfolk, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Thomas Lovehybonde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

William Lovybonde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

1604. Edward Lovibond, Isle of Wight: Register of the University of Oxford.

1608. Henry Lovibond and Anne Collins: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

1702. Thomas Thorpe and Anne Lovibond: ibid.

1784. Married — John Edmonds and Theodosia Jane Loverbond: .St. George, Hanover Square.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) a pet name [v. under Love, and + Middle English band(e, bond(e, Old Norse band, a band, bond] Suete Jhesu, kyng of londe, Thou make me fer understonde That min herte mote fonde Hou suete bueth thi love bonde.—Lyric Poetry temp. Edw. I., ed. T. Wright, Percy Society, IV. 57.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison
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