Given name & surname
Lumi
“snow”
Lumi is a feminine given name from Finnish. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lumi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 712
- 33 boys · 679 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 106 babies
- 2025
- 106
- #1,953 for girls · #10,284 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +125%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 99 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,953 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 118.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 7 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (25).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lumi’s family of names
Lumi may belong to the same name family as LUMMI. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lumi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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