Valentine Name Generator

"Valentine name" means different things to different people, so this list covers all of them. The first group is real given names whose meaning is love or beloved: Amara and Amanda from the Latin amare, David and Davina from the Hebrew for beloved, Esme from Old French, Carys and Cariad from Welsh, Habib and Aziz from Arabic, Priya from Sanskrit, Aiko from Japanese, Milena and Ljubov from Slavic roots, and Sevgi from Turkish. These are the names parents reach for when a baby arrives around 14 February.

The second group is Valentine's Day by association: the saint's own name in its Latin, Italian, French and Spanish forms; the mythological figures Cupid, Eros, Venus, Aphrodite and Freya; the literary lovers Romeo and Juliet; and the whole red-and-rose palette of Rosalind, Ruby, Scarlett, Cerise, Garnet and Crimson. Virtue names such as Felicity, Verity and Constance sit here too, because they were historically given as tokens of affection.

The third group is pet names, from English classics like Sweetheart and Honeybun to endearments borrowed from other languages: Mon Chéri, Mi Vida, Habibti, Schatz, Jaan and Yeobo. Those are the ones people actually write inside cards.