Lue

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, Lu in AU Australia, CN China, TW Taiwan and 3 more and Flóra in HU Hungary.

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 in 1 language 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◐

Lue is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name16K records spelled Lue14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, El Salvador, Brazil, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Lúe, Lué, Luê, Lùe, Llue

• a separate given name3.6K records spelled Lue3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Luè, Lué

• Catalan given name1.1K records spelled Lue6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Lua, Lué, Lúe, Lûé

• Thai surname419 records spelled Lue75 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, United States

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Lau, Loh, หล่อ, Lor, ลือ

• Danish given name353 records spelled Lue8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, United Kingdom, Algeria

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Lüę

• Arabic given name286 records spelled Lue6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Malaysia, United Kingdom

  Also written Lūė, Lüë, Ľùě, Lŭę, Lüe

52 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●

Lue 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 English, To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.

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

• In Italian, synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)

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

• In Finnish, read; used to indicate pronunciation

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

• ISO 639-3 language code for Luvale.

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

• In Chinese, nonstandard spelling of lüè

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

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) — 117 years between 1880–2013. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Donald De Lueb. 1897USAmerican artist (1897–1988)
• Tom F Lueb. 1947USresearcher
• Camille Lueb. 1968JMbadminton player
• Daniel Lueb. 1975USAmerican reality television participant
• Tyronn Lueb. 1977USAmerican basketball player and coach
• Moddib. 1987NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian singer
• Cachet Lueb. 1997CACanadian-born Jamaican footballer
• Jessie Lueresearcher
• Brian LueUSresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-8878-4035

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 · 209 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lue?

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

In which country does Lue have the most bearers?

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

How common is Lue compared with other names?

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

Is Lue a male or female name?

Lue is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Lue mean?

Recorded meaning: Perhaps an altered form of the Dutch and North German name Loo, which is also established in northern France.