Given name
Laima
“luck”
Laima is a feminine given name. It is used in Latvian and Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latvian.
The story
In mythological stories, Laima is associated with the goddess of luck.
Laima through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 0 boys · 43 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 373 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Laima’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Laima has a later derivative in LAIMI. Laima has a related form in Laema. Laima has a related form in Layma.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Laima
- Laima VaikuleLatvian actor and singerborn 1954
- Laima AndrikienėLithuanian politicianborn 1958
- Laima ZilporytėSoviet cyclistborn 1967
- Laima BalaišytėSoviet table tennis playerborn 1948
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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