Love Calculator

How the love percentage is worked out

The calculator uses the LOVES method, the name game many of us played on the back of a school notebook. It only looks at letters, so the same two names always give the same score.

1. Write both names together.
2. Count how many times each letter of LOVES appears: L, O, V, E and S. That gives five numbers.
3. Add each number to the one next to it and keep only the last digit (7 + 5 = 12 becomes 2). You now have four numbers.
4. Repeat until two digits are left. Those two digits are the love percentage.

Capital letters, spaces and accents are ignored. Only the English letters count.

Worked example: Ravi and Priya

Together the names read “ravipriya”.

• Count L, O, V, E, S: one V and none of the others, so 0 0 1 0 0.
• Add neighbours: 0+0, 0+1, 1+0, 0+0 gives 0 1 1 0.
• Again: 0+1, 1+1, 1+0 gives 1 2 1.
• Again: 1+2, 2+1 gives 3 3.

Ravi and Priya score 33%.

Why Rohit and Pooja score 93%

“rohitpooja” has three O’s and no L, V, E or S, so the count is 0 3 0 0 0. That becomes 3 3 0 0, then 6 3 0, then 9 3. Three O’s alone push the score to 93%. That is the whole trick: the score depends on how many L, O, V, E and S letters your names happen to have, not on anything about you.

How FLAMES works

FLAMES stands for Friends, Love, Affection, Marriage, Enemies and Siblings.

1. Write both names and strike out each letter they share, one for one.
2. Count the letters left over.
3. Count round F-L-A-M-E-S by that number and cross out the letter you land on.
4. Carry on from the next letter, wrapping round, until one letter is left. That is your result.

For Ravi and Priya, the shared letters are R, A and I. That leaves V, P and Y: three letters. Counting three each time crosses out A, then S, then M, then L, then E. F is left, so FLAMES says Friends.

For Rohit and Pooja, only one O is shared. That leaves R, H, I, T and P, O, J, A: eight letters. Counting eight crosses out L, E, M, F and S, leaving A for Affection.

If two names use exactly the same letters, nothing is left to count, so FLAMES gives no result.

What your love score means

The labels are part of the game. A 10% says nothing more about two people than a 93% does.

Why other love calculators give a different score

There is no single “correct” love calculator formula. Every site picks its own, and most do not tell you which.

So the same couple can get 33% here and 85% somewhere else. Neither number is more true. We show every step so you can see where yours came from.

Tips for a fair test

• Spelling changes the score. “Priya” and “Preeya” have different letters, so they can give different results. Use the spelling each person uses.
• Nicknames count as different names. “Rohit” and “Ro” give different scores. Try both if you like.
• Full names add letters. A surname with an S or an E in it will shift the count.
• Hindi script is not read. Type names in English letters, the way you would write them in a WhatsApp chat.

Want a traditional match instead?

If you are looking at marriage compatibility the way many Indian families do, try kundli matching by name. It scores the 36-point Ashtakoota gun milan from the boy’s and girl’s names and explains each koota. For a quick look at your own name, try the numerology calculator or rashi by name.