How the love calculator name method works
The love calculator name method is the classic pen-and-paper test many of us did at school. It uses nothing but the letters of the two names:
- Write the two names around the word LOVES — for example ali loves sara (the names are put in alphabetical order so the order you type them never changes the score).
- Go through the letters from left to right and count how many times each new letter appears in the whole line.
- Add the first count to the last, the second to the second-to-last, and so on, writing each sum underneath. A number in the middle is copied down, and a two-digit sum is written as two digits.
- Repeat until the number you have is 100 or less. That number is the love percentage.
A worked example
Take the names Romeo and Juliet. In alphabetical order the line reads julietlovesromeo. Counting each new letter gives 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 1. Folding that row gives 2 2 3 2 6 1, then 3 8 5, then 8 8 — so Romeo and Juliet score 88% with the love calculator name method. Type the two names above and you will see the same steps under the result.
Why full names change the score
Every extra letter changes the counts, so “Ali” and “Ali Khan” can give very different love percentages. There is no right answer: some people use first names, others use full names or nicknames. Try the version you actually call each other — that is the name that feels most like your relationship.
Spelling and special characters
The love calculator name test only counts the letters A to Z. Spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are ignored, and capital letters count the same as small ones. If a name is usually written in another script, type it the way you would spell it in English; different spellings (Ayesha, Aisha, Aysha) are worth comparing for fun.