Lovie

Where Lovie comes from

Lovie hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #449 among girls — 14 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1887
    Lovie Austin born
    American pianist
  3. 1892
    Peak, #391
    46 babies named Lovie — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,649.
  5. 1998
    Lovie Simone born
    American actress
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Lovie Simone · American actress, born 1998
  • Lovie Austin · American pianist, 1887–1972
  • Lovie Smith · American football coach and player, born 1958
  • Lovie Lee · American blues pianist, 1909–1997
  • Lovie Olivia · American artist

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.