Lovelace
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About Lovelace
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.
Lovelace for girls
Surprisingly, the soft and sweet sounding surname Lovelace actually derives from an Old English word laweles, meaning "lawless, outlaw".
Lovelace for boys
The most famous bearer of this striking name is Ada Lovelace, the brilliant 19th-century writer, mathematician and early computer pioneer.
The name also belongs to the main antagonist of Samuel Richardson's 1748 epistolary novel Clarissa, the aristocratic libertine Robert Lovelace.
Surprisingly, the soft and sweet sounding surname Lovelace actually derives from an Old English word laweles, meaning "lawless, outlaw".
Pronounced LUV-lace.
As of October 2026, Lovelace ranked #3895 in US births in 1961 SSA, peaked at #2414 in 1931.
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| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
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| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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- Augusta Ada KingGirl
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Lovelace in pop culture
- Robert LovelaceGirl
main antagonist in Samuel Richardson's novel "Clarissa" (1748)
- LovelaceGirl
rockhopper penguin in the 2006 animated film "Happy Feet", voiced by Robin Williams
- LovelaceBoy
penguin character from the animated movie Happy Feet, voiced by Robin Williams