Love Calculator
Two names, one score and the FLAMES word — a letter game, for fun only.
A name game, for fun only: it measures letters, not people.
A score out of 100 and the FLAMES word appear here.
How this was worked out
The letters both names have are struck out one for one; what is left is counted, and that count knocks out every nth word of Friends, Love, Affection, Marriage, Enemy, Siblings until one is left.
- Struck out
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- Left in the first name
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- Left in the second name
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About the Love Calculator
This is a game, not a measurement. Type two names and it works out a score from 0 to 100 and plays FLAMES — the playground counting game — on the letters of the names. It tells you nothing at all about two people: names are not feelings, and no page on the internet can measure a relationship.
What it does promise is that it plays fair. The score is worked out from the letters of the two names only, so the same two names always give the same number, in either order, on any device — no dice roll behind the curtain, no higher score when you come back, nothing stored and nothing sent anywhere. The rule it follows is written out below, so you can check the answer by hand.
FLAMES is played the way children play it: the letters the two names share are struck out one for one, the letters left over are counted, and that count knocks out one word of Friends, Love, Affection, Marriage, Enemy, Siblings at a time until a single word is left. The page shows the struck-out letters and the count, so the result is never a mystery.
How to use it
- Type the first name and the second name. Spaces, capitals, punctuation and accents make no difference, so “Asha” and “a s h a!” score the same.
- Read the score out of 100 and the FLAMES word. Swapping the two names changes nothing.
- Open How this was worked out to see the letters the names share, the letters left over and the count FLAMES used.
- Copy result puts the score, the FLAMES word and the “for fun only” note on your clipboard, so nobody takes a screenshot for a verdict.
Examples
Amar and Rani
Letters shared: a, r · left over: m, a, n, i (4) · FLAMES: Enemy
Four letters are left, so every fourth word is knocked out until one remains.
Asha and Rahul, then Rahul and Asha
The same score both ways
Asha and Saha
Nothing is left over, so there is no FLAMES word — the score is still shown
How the score is worked out
The two names are cleaned first: everything but letters is dropped, capitals are lowered and accents folded, so José-María becomes josemaria. Letters of every script count, and a letter keeps its vowel sign, so a name in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil or Gujarati plays exactly like one in English. The two cleaned names are then sorted and joined, and the result is run through a small fixed hash (FNV-1a, 32-bit) whose output is reduced to a number from 0 to 100.
That has three useful consequences: the order of the two boxes cannot change the answer, the same pair always gives the same number, and nobody has to trust us — the rule is right here and the arithmetic runs in your own browser.
Please do not take it seriously
A percentage from two names is a party trick with a long history, and it is as meaningful as the letters it counts. Nothing about two people — how they treat each other, what they want, how they argue, whether they are kind — is in a name.
If you are looking for something that actually helps, talk to the person. If a relationship is making you unhappy or unsafe, talk to someone you trust or a professional in your country. A page of letters is not advice.
Limitations
- The score is a letter game. It has no predictive value of any kind, and no research behind it.
- Two names written in different scripts share no letters, so FLAMES counts every letter of both. Type both names in the same script to play it the usual way.
- Names that share every letter leave nothing to count, so FLAMES has no answer for them.
Privacy
The two names never leave your browser: the score is worked out on your device, nothing is uploaded, and nothing is kept after you close the page.
Frequently asked questions
Is the score random?
No. It comes from the letters of the two names through a fixed rule, so the same two names always give the same score, in either order and on any device. Reloading the page will not improve it.
Does it mean anything?
No. It is a game played on letters, like FLAMES in a school notebook. It says nothing about two people, and the page says so beside every result.
What is FLAMES?
A counting game: Friends, Love, Affection, Marriage, Enemy, Siblings. Strike out the letters the two names share, count what is left, and knock out every nth word until one is left. The page shows the struck-out letters and the count so you can play it by hand.
Are the names saved anywhere?
No. They stay in the page while you type and are gone when you close it. Nothing is sent to a server, so nobody — including us — sees who you typed in.