Lovejoy
Happiness-infused family name
Lovejoy is a surname, most notably associated with Elijah Lovejoy, a 19th-century American abolitionist newspaper editor killed by a pro-slavery mob.
The name also appears in popular culture—*Lovejoy* was a British television series about a roguish antiques dealer.
As a surname, it suggests joy in love, though its bearers rarely escape comments about it.
Valuable old items
- dealerOne who sells goods
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- charmingPleasantly attractive in manner
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
BBC · drama · series · divvy · auctioneer · British · television · conman
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- familyRelated people together
- lineageDescent from progenitors
kinship · last name · forebears · descendants · bloodline · pedigree · family tree · abolitionist
antiques
Valuable old items
- dealerOne who sells goods
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- charmingPleasantly attractive in manner
detective · BBC · drama · series · divvy · auctioneer · British · television · conman · witty
genealogy
Study of family descent
lineage · kinship · last name · forebears · descendants · bloodline · pedigree · family tree · abolitionist · namesake