Lux

Lux: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “light”
Origin: Latin
Say it: luks · 1 syllable
Used for: Both (54% girls, 46% boys since 1880)

Directly from Latin lux meaning light. It appears as a word name and occasional given name, especially in modern usage.

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How popular is Lux?

202467.0 per million US babies

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.

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Babies named Lux in 2024224

2024 rank#1,224 boys

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18802,945

Lux is rising: use over the last five years is 2.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Lux

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Ariesram · Latin
Joviof Jupiter · Latin
Renereborn · Latin
Dominiqueof the Lord · Latin
Amorlove · Latin
Honorhonor; dignity · Latin
Jupitersky father · Latin
Indianaof India · Latin

Lux questions

What does the name Lux mean?

Lux means "light". It comes from Latin. Directly from Latin lux meaning light. It appears as a word name and occasional given name, especially in modern usage.

Is Lux a boy or girl name?

Lux is used for both: about 54% of US babies named Lux since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Lux?

224 US babies were named Lux in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Lux?

Lux is usually pronounced luks.

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.