Luma

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Luma by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Luma. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Luma

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Luma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lunamoon5,327 in the US (2017)
  • Lucabringer of light3,266 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lukafrom Lucania; variant of Luke177 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lulafamous warrior; a form of Louella25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Luamoon20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lumisnow19 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Luma

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