# Lovelace

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,783

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

## Etymology
From Middle English lufeless (“loveless”), possibly a nickname for a philanderer. In the libertine sense, refers to Robert Lovelace, a character in Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady.

## Common misspellings (11)
`llovelace`, `loevlace`, `lovealce`, `lovelacce`, `lovelaec`, `lovelcae`, `lovellace`, `lovleace`, `lovvelace`, `lvoelace`, `olvelace`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lovelace