This week’s Name of the Week was nominated by @rosemary.luella99!
If you would like to nominate a name yourself, you can head over to the name of the day thread on our forums.
Here in upstate New York we are enjoying a beautiful snowfall today, and so what better name for this week than Lumi — a Finnish nature name meaning “snow”.
The luminous Lumi is a Top 50 name in native Finland, but has yet to travel far outside the Nordic nation.
Nonetheless, Lumi gets plenty of love on our Nameberry forums, and ranks in the Top 500 most popular names on Nameberry. In the US, Lumi is slowly creeping up in use, given to 89 baby girls last year.
Lumi has a lot going for it, and it is about time it gets the attention it deserves. With beautiful wintery imagery, that beloved “Lu-” sound shared with the popular Luna, Lucy, and company, and fitting into one of the hottest trends today — ‘traveling lite names’ — Lumi is an extremely stylish choice.
Other ‘traveling lite’ names — short and sweet international names, many of which fit the mold of 4 letters, 2 syllables, and ending in -i — worth considering include Esti, Leni, Nori, Rumi, and Mavi.
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