Liubov
Slavic for "love", carried in Poland almost entirely by women from Russian and Ukrainian families. Around 20,000 bear it, yet it's barely given to newborns now, so meeting one leaves an impression.
Liubov Pronunciation
What Liubov means
Where Liubov comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Liubov begins in a Slavic word for love, and it has kept that meaning in both its Russian and Ukrainian homes. Nothing in it hides. The Polish gloss is short: miłość.
In Orthodox tradition the name travels with two sisters, Vera and Nadezhda, faith and hope beside love. All three go back to a Christian legend about the daughters of a woman named Sophia, and the Russian and Ukrainian churches keep their feast on 30 September. A girl called Liubov, then, shares her name-day with an old story about love as a virtue rather than a passing feeling.
The name holds no diminutive inside it and no masculine twin. It stands as one word. On a class register a teacher reads it once and already knows the meaning, because the meaning is the plain word itself. Liubov is love, said in full: miłość.
How many people are named Liubov
1 in 1106 women in Poland is named Liubov. 20,393 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #273 among female names.
Liubov's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Liubov as a middle name
Liubov is a first name for 20,393 women in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3331st, between Lissette (6) and Lizet (6).
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#3329 Lisseth6
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#3330 Lissette6
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#3331 Liubov6
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#3332 Lizet6
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#3333 Loreto6