I read a book about the Russian serial killer, Andrei Chikatilo.(forgive the cynicism of my source ). An amazing amount of his female victims were named "Lyabov". Outside of this book, I'd not heard of such a name. Is this a common Russian girl's name? Or maybe it was just the Police Depatment's equivalent of "Jane Doe", so as not to reveal the real identities? But it seemed to be their real names. It mostly took place in the Rostov on Don region. Maybe it's a regional name? (And again, please forgive the cynical source).