Lu

Where Lu comes from

Clipping of Lucy, Lucille, and similar names.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lu
  • Vowel-ended
Lu through the years
  1. 1879
    Lu Märten born
    German art historian
  2. 1886
    First appearance
    #993 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1954
    Peak, #442
    394 babies named Lu, the most in any year.
  4. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #762.
  5. 1972
    Lu Chen born
    Chinese American neuroscientist
  6. 2022
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Lucy and related names.
Namesakes
  • Lu Chen · Chinese American neuroscientist, born 1972
  • Lu Märten · German art historian, 1879–1970
  • Lu Lu · Chinese badminton player, born 1990
  • Lu Wunsch-Rolshoven · German Esperantist, born 1956

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.