Lu

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Flora in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 9 more, Ling in MY Malaysia, HK Hong Kong, SG Singapore and 4 more, Flóra in HU Hungary and Ფლორა in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lu is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname134K records spelled Lu42 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Mexico, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Lú, Lü, Lù, Lū, Lu'

• a separate surname47K records spelled Lu18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, China, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Lü, Lù, Lǚ, Lư, Lû

• Vietnamese surname47K records spelled Lu94 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Vietnam, United States, Hong Kong, China

  Also written Lã, Lo, La, Là, Lò

• French surname25K records spelled Lu8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, China, Canada

  Also written Lü, Lu', Lù, Lú, L-U

• Hindi surname16K records spelled Lu16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, China, India, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Lü, Lù, Lǚ, Lú, ̃lu

• a separate surname8.8K records spelled Lu21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, China, France, Canada

  Also written Lû, Lü, Lů, Lủ, Lu̕

• Danish surname7.3K records spelled Lu9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, China

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Lü, Lú, Lù

• Russian given name6.8K records spelled Lu62 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, China, Russia, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Chinese, English

  Also written Лу, Weiliang, Lou, Wei-Liang, Loe

78 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Korean, Ancient Chinese state, Confucius's native state; capital of the Chunqiu chronology.

  as a name·Korea - A Historical and Cultural Dictionary

• In English, Archaic form of loo (“card game”).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Chinese, Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氌 /氇

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Presque comme le mot précédent, Jean-Romain L efèvre prit la première lettre de son nom ainsi que la première du nom de sa femme Pauline-Isabelle U tile pour donner une appellation à son célèbre « petit-beurre » créé en 1886. Pour la petite histoire, notons que ce petit-beurre connut un tel succès que, quatre ans après son lancement, l’usine faisait travailler mille personnes.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

• In Italian, artigo masculino singular meridional, variante de Io

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 101 years between 1886–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lisa Lub. 1927USChinese actress (born 1927)
• Chuan Leekpaib. 1938THnot in their usual nameThai politician
• Lü Yueb. 1957CNChinese cinematographer and film director
• Ken Lob. 1959CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong martial artist
• Edward Tsang Lub. 1963USAmerican physicist and astronaut
• Lu Yib. 1976CNChinese actor and singer
• Lu Yen-hsunb. 1983TWTaiwanese tennis player (born 1983)
• Jing Lusib. 1985CNnot in their usual nameChinese-British actress
• Jessica Lub. 1985USAmerican actress
• Lu Hanb. 1990CNChinese singer and actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 422 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lu?

We estimate roughly 96 thousand people bear Lu (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Lu have the most bearers?

Lu is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled ling.

How common is Lu compared with other names?

In Malaysia, Lu is the 25th most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.

What does the name Lu mean?

Recorded meaning: person from Lu, an ancient Chinese state in Henan, and also an area in Shandong