The lovett Surname
lovett Name Meaning and History
- English (of Norman origin) and French: from Anglo-Norman French lo(u)vet, a nickname meaning ‘wolf cub’, ‘young wolf’ (see Love, Low).
- Scottish: 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’ + the locative suffix -aid.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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