Aroha

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• Origin: Maori
• Meaning: “love.”
• Gender: feminine
• Pronunciation: AH-roh-Hah

The name comes directly from the Maori word for love. It appeared one time in New Zealand’s Top 100 Female Names in 1982, ranking in at #97.

Another form is Te Aroha which means “the love.”

Sources

• https://www.behindthename.com/name/aroha
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroha

Lieba, Liba, Lieber

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Liba can have a few meanings, it is firstly a polonized form of the Yiddish ליבאַ Lieba (love), which is identical to the German word. It may have also been influenced by the Czech word libý (nice; pleasant). It was popular among Eastern-European Jews as it also coincided with the Czech-Slovak name Líba, which is a contracted form of names like Libuše & Liběna.

Also sometimes spelled Liebe.

It was sometimes anglicized by Jewish immigrants to Leeba.

A Yiddish masculine form is Liber or Lieber.

In Latvia, the designated name-day is April 19, though in this case, it is probably a borrowing from the Czech & Slovak use.

Sources

• https://www.behindthename.com/name/liba
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/lieber
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/leeba
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/li10ba/submitted

Lubomir, Lubomira

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• Origin: Slavic
• Gender: masculine
• Meaning: “love & peace.”

Lubomir is composed of the Slavic elements, lubo (love) & mir (peace).

Its Czech form of Lubomír was one of the most popular male names in the Czech Republic between 1935-2006, it peaked at #16 in 1959.

Other forms include:

• Ljubomir Љубомир Љубомир (Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene)
• Lubomir Любомир (Bulgarian, Polish)
• Lyubomir Лыѹбомир (Old Church Slavonic, Russian)
• Lubomierz (Polish)
• Ľubomír (Slovakian)
• Lyubomyr (Ukrainian)

Diminutives & Short Forms

• Ljubiša, Ljubo (Bosnian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene)
• Luboš (Czech)
• Ljube, Ljupcho, Ljupčo (Macedonian)
• Ľuboš (Slovakian)

Feminine forms are

• Ljubomira (Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene)
• Lubomíra (Czech)
• Lubomira (Medieval Slavic, Polish)
• L’ubomíra (Slovak)
• Lyubomyra (Ukrainian)

Sources

• https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubomir_(imi%C4%99)
• https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubom%C3%ADr
• https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubom%C3%ADr
• https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubom%C3%ADr

Luthando

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• Origin: Xhosa
• Meaning: “it is love.”
• Gender: masculine
• Pronunciation: loo-TAHN-do

The name is from a Xhosa phrase meaning “it is love.”

Sources

• https://standiwe.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/xhosa-names-their-meanings/
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/luthando/submitted
• http://mokennon.albion.edu/cgi-bin/x2e.exe
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090429023852/http://members.tripod.com/Sabelo/dictionary.htm

Milada

Gender: Feminine
Origin: Czech/Slovak
Meaning: “young; love; dear.”
(mee-LAH-dah)

The name is believed to either be derived from the Old Slavonic, Mlada, meaning “youth” or from the Slavonic element mila meaning “love; dear.” In Slovakia, its designated name-day is December 29, in the Czech Republic, it is February 8th and in Slovenia, March 28th. A masculine form is Miladín.

Krasomila

Gender: Feminine
Origin: Czech/Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian, Macedonian
Meaning: “lover of beauty.”
(krah-soh-MEE-lah).

The name is composed of the Old Slavonic elements kras meaning “beauty” and mil meaning “love; favour; grace.” In Czech and Slovak, the name is associated with Pysna Princezna a beloved Czechoslovak fairy tale written by Bozena Nemcova, the story was adapted into a classic Czech film in the 1950s. The protagonist princess is named Krasomila. The designated name-day is October 10.

Lembe, Lembi

Gender: Feminine
Origin: Estonian
Meaning: “love”

The names are derived from the Finnish word lembus meaning “love.” Other forms include Lemme and Lemmi. Their designated name day is September 10.

Miluše

Gender: Feminine
Origin: Czech/Slovak
Meaning: “favor; grace; love.”
(mee-LOO-sheh).

The name has its roots in the Slavic word mila meaning “favor; grace; love.” The name has a pleasant sound and a sweet feminine quality about it. Its name day is August 3rd.