At a Glance
- Meaning
- The tall, celery-flavored herb Levisticum officinale; from Old French luvesche, ultimately from Latin Ligusticum ("of Liguria, " a region of Italy)
- Origin
- Old French, from Latin
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- LUV-ij
Lovage is an Old French, from Latin unisex name meaning “the tall, celery-flavored herb Levisticum officinale; from Old French luvesche, ultimately from Latin Ligusticum ("of Liguria, " a region of Italy)”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Lovage
Meaning: The tall, celery-flavored herb Levisticum officinale; from Old French luvesche, ultimately from Latin Ligusticum ("of Liguria, " a region of Italy).
Origin: Old French, from Latin.
A common claim: Often assumed to relate to "love" (as a romantic or aphrodisiac herb). Actually: Despite the resemblance, "lovage" has no link to "love" — it comes from Latin Ligusticum ("of Liguria"), reshaped through Vulgar Latin and Old French into "lovage."
How to Pronounce Lovage
LUV-ijIPA /ˈlʌvɪdʒ/
Popularity of Lovage
Lovage doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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