The Lovely surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,104 people carried this name — #8,076 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,917 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lovely surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a nickname: ‘the lovely’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 496 · public domain.

In print

Lovely in American newspapers,
1886–1920.

Newspaper page from St. Paul Daily Globe carrying the name Lovely
St. Paul Daily Globe 1886-10-06
Newspaper page from The Wageworker carrying the name Lovely
The Wageworker 1906-03-23
Newspaper page from The Bennington Evening Banner carrying the name Lovely
The Bennington Evening Banner 1920-04-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 746 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lovely in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

13,503 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lovely. The most, 2,708, date from the 1920s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,778
South Australia 2,758
Victoria 2,698
Western Australia 1,814
Queensland 1,595
Tasmania 726
ACT (Canberra) 70
Northern Territory 20

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lovely.

Who carried it

People named Lovely,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nina Florence Allison 1856–1910
  • Pete Lovely 1926–2011 · racing automobile driver

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lovely,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States306 records

306 records of the Lovely name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 34
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 26
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 25
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward J. Lovely

    Born 1907 in Rhode Island. Enlisted 1943 at Providence; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1982, buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Rhode Island.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Lovely

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool, aged 50; traveler. From Queenstown, Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Rex Lovely

    Born 1930; from Magoffin County, Kentucky. U.S. Army; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 306 records for Lovely in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada53 records

53 records of the Lovely name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 42
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Gerome L. Lovely

    Died 1929 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record David George Lovely

    Died 1976; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record George Arthur Lovely

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 53 records for Lovely in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia43 records

43 records of the Lovely name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 31
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Charles Lovely

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Surry, arriving 1831; ticket of leave 1842.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lucy Lovely

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Mermaid, aged 36; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William H. C. Lovely

    Gentleman of Queensland, Victoria; died 1956.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 43 records for Lovely in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France3 records

3 records of the Lovely name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Valerie Margaret Lovely

    Born 1921 in Great Britain; died 1994 in La Cadière-d'Azur (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joseph Jacquin Lovely

    Born 1898 in Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans; died 1975 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Gilles Amedee Lovely

    Born 1968 in Pointe-à-Pitre; died 2000 in Les Abymes (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Lovely name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. E. Lovely

    Coldstream Guards. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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