Lumi
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Lumi yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lumi has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | – |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | – |
| 2004 | – | – |
| 2005 | – | – |
| 2006 | – | – |
| 2007 | – | – |
| 2008 | – | – |
| 2009 | 4 | – |
| 2010 | – | – |
| 2011 | – | – |
| 2012 | 6 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | – |
| 2019 | 19 | – |
| 2020 | 15 | – |
| 2021 | 19 | – |
| 2022 | 34 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 13 |
| 2013 | 16 |
| 2014 | 25 |
| 2015 | 32 |
| 2016 | 42 |
| 2017 | 47 |
| 2018 | 57 |
| 2019 | 79 |
| 2020 | 95 |
Lumi in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lumi.Hi! My name is Lumi.
- Har du träffat Lumi? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Lumi? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Lumi i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Lumi this afternoon.
- Lumis mamma är lärare.Lumi's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lumis mamma is Lumi's mum.
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Questions about Lumi
How do you pronounce Lumi in Swedish?
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How popular is Lumi in Sweden?
37 babies were named Lumi in 2022. In 2020, 95 people in Sweden had Lumi as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.