Lu

Where Lu comes from

Clipping of Lucy, Lucille, and similar names.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lu
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1879
    Lu Märten born
    German art historian
  2. 1886
    First appearance
    #993 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1954
    Peak, #442
    394 babies named Lu — more than any year before or since.
  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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
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.