Lovis
Lovis can be a given name and a surname:Given nameLovis Corinth (1858-1925), German painter Lovis H. Lorenz (1898-1976), German publisher, writer and journalistSurnameChristophe Lovis, Swiss astronomer François Lovis (1817–1890), Swiss architect
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Meaning & Origin of Lovis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lovis can be a given name and a surname:Given nameLovis Corinth (1858-1925), German painter Lovis H. Lorenz (1898-1976), German publisher, writer and journalistSurnameChristophe Lovis, Swiss astronomer François Lovis (1817–1890), Swiss architect
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Lovis
As a girl name
Lovis first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1924, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1930: 6 births, good for #4,047 nationwide. About 62% of every Lovis on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Lovis last appeared in the published SSA data in 1933, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 26 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Lovis as a boy name dates back to 1913, when 5 babies received it. 1929 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Lovis — #2,766 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Lovis on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Lovis last appeared in the published SSA data in 1978, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 68 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lovis
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Names that sound like Lovis
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About the name Lovis
Lovis is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 68 births in the dataset. Lovis's peak popularity came in 1929 when it ranked #2,766. Use the chart and map above to compare Lovis's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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