Lovett
surname · Latin script
Meaning: variant of Lovat, a habitational name for a sept of the Frasers from Lovat near Beauly in Inverness-shire, so named from Gaelic lobh ‘rot’, ‘putrefy’ -I- the locative suffix -aid
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Lovett is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 14K
- USUnited States1 in 17K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 432 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈57,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Lovatnear(measured from records)
- Gaeliclobh(measured from records)
variant of Lovat, a habitational name for a sept of the Frasers from Lovat near Beauly in Inverness-shire, so named from Gaelic lobh ‘rot’, ‘putrefy’ -I- the locative suffix -aid.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lovett counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Lovett | 9 |
| US United States | — | 19,471 | 1 in 17K | 19K | Lovett | 432 |
| GH Ghana | #389 | ≈5,800 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | — | Lovett | 10 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Lovett | 175 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Lovett | 152 |
| LA Laos | — | ≈870 est. | ≈1 in 8.6K | — | Lovett | 5 |
| IE Ireland | #890 | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 9.6K | — | Lovett | 40 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Lovett | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lovett is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
from Anglo-Norman French lo(u)vet, a nickname meaning ‘wolf cub’, ‘young wolf’ (see Love, Low).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, A surname from Anglo-Norman.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Irish, A Co. Kerry name cognate with Lyvet, of French derivation, meaning wolf cub. The Scottish Lovat ( Mac Lomhaid) may be an alternative origin
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John Lovettb. 1761USAmerican politician (1761-1818)
- William Lovettb. 1800GBBritish activist (1800-1877)
- Josephine Lovettb. 1877USscreenwriter (1877-1958)
- Robert A. Lovettb. 1895USpolitician and United States Navy officer (1895–1986)
- Martin Lovettb. 1927GBBritish musician (1927–2020)
- Robert Q. Lovettb. 1927USAmerican film editor
- Graham Lovettb. 1947GBEnglish footballer (1947-2018)
- Lyle Lovettb. 1957USAmerican musician
- Ben Lovettb. 1978USAmerican composer
- Jon Lovettb. 1982USAmerican screenwriter, speechwriter, and television producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 19K | #1,842 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 18K | #1,789 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 18K | #1,942 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lovett mean, and where does it come from?
- variant of Lovat, a habitational name for a sept of the Frasers from Lovat near Beauly in Inverness-shire, so named from Gaelic lobh ‘rot’, ‘putrefy’ -I- the locative suffix -aid. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Lovett have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 57 thousand people named Lovett in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lovett.
- How common is the name Lovett?
- In the United States, the national register counted 19,471 people named Lovett in 2010, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
- How common is Lovett compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Lovett is the 389th most common surname of 36,883 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lovett” — the 389th most common surname in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.