Lumen
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning light or illumination.
Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Lumen by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lumen. In the US, 39 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 43 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lumen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Laurenfrom laurentum; feminine form of Lawrence1,983 in the US (2017)
- Lorenfrom laurentum; a form of Lawrence159 in the US (2017)
- Lowenlion115 in England and Wales (2025)
- Luminalight; luminous12 in the US (2017)
- Luannfamous warrior; a form of Louann11 in the US (2017)
- Lozenone who scouts or dreams6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Lumen, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lumen
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