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Lue

Lue: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“famous warrior”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
LOO · 1 syllable
Used for
Girls (90% of all uses)

Lue is usually a variant spelling of Lou or Lu, often used as a short form of Louise or Lewis. In many cases it follows Louise, from Old Germanic Ludwig-related elements.

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How popular is Lue?

20240 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Lue in 20240

Peak year1886

Total US babies since 18807,169

Lue was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Lue

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Loufamous warrior · Germanic
  • Lulauncertain · Unknown
  • Emmawhole, universal · Germanic
  • Ameliawork · Germanic
  • Ellaall, completely · Germanic
  • Alicenoble type · Germanic
  • Adelinenoble · Germanic
  • Milliegentle strength · Germanic

Lue questions

What does the name Lue mean?

Lue means "famous warrior". It comes from Germanic. Lue is usually a variant spelling of Lou or Lu, often used as a short form of Louise or Lewis. In many cases it follows Louise, from Old Germanic Ludwig-related elements.

Is Lue a boy or girl name?

Lue is mainly a girl's name in US records (90% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Lue?

Lue was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1886.

How do you pronounce Lue?

Lue is usually pronounced LOO.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.