Lumi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: snow (frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/lumi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lumi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 1K(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 23K
- DKDenmark1 in 88K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 98 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
5,512 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
snow (frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Lumi, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lumi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | 5,512 | 1 in 1K | 5.7K | Lumi | 24 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 210K | — | Lumi | 13 |
| SE Sweden | 453 | 1 in 23K | 453 | — | 5 |
| IT Italy | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 177K | 2 | Lumi | 7 |
| ES Spain | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 196K | 16 | Lumi | 10 |
| DK Denmark | 67 | 1 in 88K | 61 | — | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | ≈67 est. | ≈1 in 125K | 52 | Lumi | 9 |
| XK Kosovo | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 155K | 93 | — | 4 |
5,512 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lumi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Estonian, snow (soft white flakes consisting of ice crystals falling from clouds, mainly in winter; a layer or accumulation of these on the ground or another surface)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hawaiian, to crowd uncomfortably; overturn, pound, crush, as the surf; to press
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In fj, moss, adhering to a rock or a boat; a kind of edible seaweed
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Icelandic, first/third-person singular subjunctive of luma
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, softening of leaves (of bananas, tobacco, etc.)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lumi Videlab. 1948CLChilean student
- Lumi Cavazosb. 1968MXMexican actress
- Lumi Kalliob. 2008FIFinnish actor
- Lumi Pollackb. 2009USAmerican actress (born 2009)
- Lumi Athenamusician
- Lumi SoometsEEEstonian child actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 54 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 67 | #17,654 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 52 | #18,109 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 16 | #94,489 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 4 | #67,839 |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Lumi a male or female name?
- Lumi is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Lumi mean, and where does it come from?
- snow (frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Lumi?
- A machine transcription gives /lumi/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- In which country does Lumi have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 5.5 thousand people named Lumi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lumi.
- Where is Lumi most common?
- Lumi is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.0 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Lumi?
- In Finland, the national register counted 5,512 people named Lumi, about 1 in 1.0 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Lumi?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lumiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lumi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.