Lyubov
A Slavic name that simply means "love". Barely more than a thousand women in Poland carry it and newborns are rarer still, so most Poles will never meet one.
Lyubov Pronunciation
What Lyubov means
Where Lyubov comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Lyubov comes straight from the Slavic word for love. In Russian, любовь is still the everyday noun, the word you reach for whether you mean love of a person or love of God. The name and the word are one.
It stands beside Vera and Nadezhda in a well-known Russian grouping. Read together, those three names spell out Faith, Hope, Love. Orthodox tradition ties them to the daughters of Saint Sophia, and the church keeps a shared feast for the sisters at the end of September, so a girl called Lyubov has a fixed name-day to mark.
There is no hiding what this name means. It does not point sideways to a virtue or a flower. The Polish gloss printed next to it says as much: miłość, love.
How many people are named Lyubov
1 in 16528 women in Poland is named Lyubov. 1,367 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #835 among female names.
Lyubov's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.