Lovelace

English surname

"outlaw"

Lovelace Origin and Meaning

The name Lovelace is a girl's name meaning "outlaw".

What better namesake for a baby girl than Ada Lovelace (or, to use her full title: Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace), the brilliant 19th-century writer, mathematician and early computer pioneer? Not to mention, her name has a lovely, delicate, vintagesque charm.

Surprisingly, the soft and sweet sounding surname Lovelace actually derives from an Old English word laweles, meaning "lawless, outlaw".

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Famous People Named Lovelace

• Augusta Ada King Countess of Lovelace, mathematician and early computer pioneer, and daughter of Lord Byron
• Maud Hart Lovelace author of the Betsy,Tacy books

The name Lovelace in Pop Culture

• Robert Lovelace main antagonist in Samuel Richardson's novel "Clarissa" (1748)
• Lovelace rockhopper penguin in the 2006 animated film "Happy Feet", voiced by Robin Williams