Loveday is a name, thought to derive from

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''Leofdaeg'' or alternatively ''Lief Tag''. ''Leofdaeg'' is composed of the words ''leof'' meaning dear/beloved or precious and ''daeg'' meaning day. ''Lief Tag'' literally translates to Love Day, and is thought to have existed in eastern Britain from around the 7th century. ''Loveday'' was used as a

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during the Middle Ages in England, which has now become confined to

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, where it survives in occasional use by people such as Loveday Jenkin. The name was originally bestowed, either formally or as a nickname, with reference to a Love Day, a day appointed for a meeting between enemies and litigants with a view to an amicable settlement. The name is now only given to girls. Variant spellings include: * Daylof * Dayluue * Leuare * Leudedai * Leue * Leued * Leuedaei * Liuedai * Loue * Louedai * Loueday * Lovdie * Love * Lovedaia * Loveday * Lovedaya * Loveta * Lovota * Lowdy * Lowdie * Luueday * Luuedei * Luveday * Leofdaeg * Lief Tag

First name

* Loveday Carlyon, Cornish politician *

Loveday Enyinnaya Loveday Enyinnaya (born 28 November 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer. Career Born in Warri, Nigeria, Enyinnaya started his career with Malabar United of the I-League 2nd Division in 2010. He then went on to join Rangdajied United, ...

, Nigerian football player * Loveday Jenkin, Cornish politician Fictional characters * Loveday Brooke, in books by Catherine Louisa Pirkis * Loveday Carne, the daughter of Drake and Morwenna in the Poldark books by Winston Graham * Loveday Carey-Lewis, in the novel ''Coming Home'' by

Rosamunde Pilcher Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE (''née'' Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) was a British writer of romance novels, mainstream fiction, and short stories, from 1949 until her retirement in 2000. Her novels sold over 60 million copies worldw ...

* Loveday De Noir, one of the main characters of the film ''

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Surname

Alan Loveday Alan Raymond Loveday (29 February 1928 – 12 April 2016) was a New Zealand violinist. A child prodigy, he became leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and a soloist and leader with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He was a professo ...

(1928–2016), New Zealand-born violinist *

Alexander Loveday Alexander Loveday (24.10.1888 St. Andrews: Scotland: United Kingdom – 19 January 1962) was a British economist, who worked for the League of Nations before serving as Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, from 1950 to 1954. Life and career Loveda ...

, British economist * Catherine Loveday, British campaigner for war memorials *

Clare Loveday Clare Loveday (born 22 March 1967) is a South African contemporary classical music composer. She studied at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and has worked as a professional pianist, a composer for the South African advertis ...

, South African classical music composer *

David Loveday David Goodwin Loveday (13 April 1896 – 7 April 1985) was an Anglican bishop during the second half of the 20th century. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and after World War I service with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ...

, English Anglican bishop *

Francis Loveday Francis Loveday (14 September 1892 – 18 October 1954) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North ...

(1892–1954), English cricketer * Gary Loveday (born 1964), English cricketer *

Helen Loveday Helen Loveday (born 1962) is a lecturer in Chinese and Japanese art at the University of Geneva and curator of the Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art, Geneva. She has written extensively on Asian art and translated a number of books. Early ...

, Swiss university lecturer *

Henry Herbert Loveday Henry Herbert Loveday (20 May 1864 – 19 January 1913) was a British railway executive who was general manager of the Central Argentine Railway from 1895 to 1910. He was a chief inspector of the Midland Railway Company in Derby, England. In 18 ...

, British railway administrator *

John Loveday (disambiguation) John Loveday may refer to: *John Loveday, the eponymous trumpet major of Thomas Hardy's 1880 novel ''The Trumpet-Major ''The Trumpet-Major'' is a novel by Thomas Hardy published in 1880, and his only historical novel, and Hardy included it with ...

, several people * Leigh Loveday, Welsh video game writer and designer *

Mark Loveday Mark Antony Loveday (born 22 September 1943) is a British businessman, the senior partner of stockbrokers Cazenove from 1994 to 2001, and the chairman of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust from 2002 to 2010. Loveday was born on 22 September 19 ...

, British businessman *

Papis Loveday Papis Loveday (born 3 January 1977) is a Senegalese model and fashion entrepreneur. He gained fame through a United Colors of Benetton worldwide campaign in 2003. In 2011 he founded the brand Papis Loveday, which includes a fragrance line, champa ...

, Senegalese model and fashion entrepreneur *

Pete Loveday Pete Loveday is a British underground cartoonist. He is best known for his series of comics charting the adventures of hippie character Russell, including ''Big Bang Comics'', ''Big Trip Travel Agency'' and ''Plain Rapper Comix'' printed by AK ...

, British cartoonist *

Peter Loveday Peter Loveday is an Australian singer-songwriter. Biography Peter Loveday was born and grew up in Toowoomba, Australia, before moving on to study at the University of Queensland in Brisbane in the late seventies, where he began his musical ca ...

, Australian singer/songwriter * Richard John Loveday (1818–1883), South Australian surveyor *

Ron Loveday Ronald Redvers Loveday (10 March 190017 January 1987) was a Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the seat of Whyalla from 1956 to 1970, who was Minister for Education in the Walsh government from 1965 to 1967 and Minister ...

(1900–1987), Australian politician *

Thomas Loveday Thomas Loveday (by 1513 – 28 August 1558) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester in October 1553 and April 1554. He was Mayor of Gloucester In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ran ...

, 16th-century MP for Gloucester * Thomas Loveday (university administrator), British professor of philosophy, later a university administrator *

Zack Loveday Zack Loveday is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Duayne Boachie. The character made his first on-screen appearance on 24 February 2015. The show's producer Bryan Kirkwood had created the Loveday ...

, fictional character from the soap opera Hollyoaks

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