Given name & surname · also Dutch
Lue
Lue is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lue comes from Dutch, and ultimately from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lue through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,169
- 695 boys · 6,474 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 176 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 10% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,088 as a first name in 2020; 1,289 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lue’s family of names
In English usage, Lue as a surname has a related form in LOO.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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