The Lovering Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Lovering began as a French family name. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “one who came from Louvergny or Auvergni, places in France”.

Researching the origin

Place names like this marked newcomers by where they had come from.

In the 2010 US Census, 876 Americans gave Lovering as their last name (rank 27,514). That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

Lovering coat of arms

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Lovering family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

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