Lumiere
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- loo-mee-AIR
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Lumiere is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Lumiere mean?
French: French word lumière
“light”
Auguste and Louis Lumière, French pioneers of cinema, held some of the first public film screenings in 1895.
Is Lumiere a girl's or a boy's name?
Lumiere is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Lumiere in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Lumiere, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018. 9 girls were also named Lumiere in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Lumiere in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
Names like Lumiere
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theodore, Alonzo, Ambrose, Truce, Charlie, Lucian, Lucius, Henry, Augustus, Archie, Julius, Moses
Names related to Lumiere
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lumiere: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lumiere, updated 20 October 2026.