Given name & surname
Lumumba
“a talented or gifted man”
Lumumba is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a talented or gifted man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a talented or gifted man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lumumba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 49 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 11 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 boys is 6 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 180 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.
Lumumba’s family of names
Lumumba has a related form in Lumomba.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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