Love (surname)

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

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

See also Löve, another surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

In sports

• Bob Love (1942–2024), 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 (born 2005), 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) (1949–2025), 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

In music

• 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 (mezzo-soprano) (born 1940), American opera singer

In entertainment

• 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
• 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

In science and technology

• 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
• Robert Love (born 1981), American open-source software developer, author and speaker
• Stanley G. Love (born 1965), American scientist and NASA astronaut
• Paul E. Love (born 1957), American scientist

In the military

• 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

In politics and law

• Janet Love (born 1957), South African former politician and vice-chairperson of the Electoral Commission of South Africa
• John Arthur Love (1916–2002), American politician, governor of the State of Colorado
• Mia Love (1975–2025), 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, American politician from Florida
• Sandra Love (1945–2018), American politician
• Shirley Love (politician), (1933–2020), American politician and radio broadcaster
• Taft Love, American politician from Wyoming
• William Love (disambiguation), several people, including

• William Love (Australian politician) (1810–1885), New South Wales MLA
• William Love (London MP) (c. 1620–1689), for City of London
• William Carter Love (1784–1835), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
• William F. Love (1850–1898), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
• William L. Love (fl. 1872–1951), New York politician
• William D. Love (1859–1933) United States Tax Court judge

In religion and philosophy

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

Others

• Bernice Love, unmarried name of Bernice Love Wiggins (1897–1936), Texas poet
• Buddy Love, the villain in the film The Nutty Professor and its remake
• George H. Love (1900–1991), American businessperson
• Hamilton Love (1875–1922), lumberman and sportswriter
• Horace Beevor Love (1800–1838), British portrait painter
• Iris Love (1933–2020), American archaeologist
• Layla Love (born 1980), American photographer
• Peter Love (executed 1610), English pirate
• Samuel G. Love (1821–1893), American educationist
• Tom Love (1937–2023), American entrepreneur

See also

• Löve (disambiguation)
• Løve (disambiguation)

References

1. "Family Facts for: Love". Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
2. Neufeld, Rob (December 11, 2018). "Visiting Our Past: When Buncombe County began". Asheville Citizen-Times .