Lovell

Where Lovell comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lovell.

Lovell through the years
  1. 1814
    Lovell Augustus Reeve born
    British biologist and publisher
  2. 1818
    Lovell Rousseau born
    General in the Union Army during the American Civil War
  3. 1886
    Debut at its peak, #845
    #845 among boys with 6 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  4. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1909
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Lovell Augustus Reeve · British biologist and publisher, 1814–1865
  • Lovell Rousseau · General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, 1818–1869
  • Lovell Wooldridge · English cricketer, 1901–1983
  • Lovell Burchett Clarence · barrister and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon, 1838–1917

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.