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Luvina
How to Pronounce Luvina
Pronounced loo-VEE-nah /luˈviː.nɑ/Medium
Meaning: Luvina is a folk variant of Lavinia, the name of a legendary queen in Roman myth and Virgil's Aeneid, respelled with 'Luv-' to echo the English word love, much like the related name Lovenia.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Luvina is a variant of the classical Lavinia, borne by a legendary Latin princess in Roman myth. American families reshaped the spelling toward the word love, and the name appears mostly in early-twentieth-century records, especially in rural and Southern communities.
Luvina was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1923, with earliest use recorded back to 1887 and scattered use continuing into the 2020s. It reads today as a warm, antique name with a hidden classical root.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Luvina mean?
It is a variant of Lavinia, a name from Roman legend, respelled to suggest the word 'love.'
How do you pronounce Luvina?
It is said loo-VEE-nah /luˈviː.nɑ/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Luvina a boy or girl name?
Luvina is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Luvina?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-twenties.