Name meaning & stats
Lu
Lu means “light” (Latin origin). 3,369 US babies since 1940, peak 1954.
What it means
“light”
LatinPet form of Lucy
In US birth records
Peak year: 1954
3,369 US babies were named Lu between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lu (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1954)