Love (surname)

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

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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:

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References

  1. https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=love
  2. Neufeld, Rob (December 11, 2018). "Visiting Our Past: When Buncombe County began". Asheville Citizen-Times .