Fun Facts About the Name Lus
- 475 babies named Lus: U.S. records list 475 babies given the name Lus from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lus Mean?
Lus is an Armenian feminine given name meaning "light." It comes from the Armenian root lus-, which is related to luys, the Armenian word for light. That root goes back to the same Indo-European source as Latin lux and Greek leukos. The root also appears in lusin, the Armenian word for moon, which is the base of the name Lusine. Lus can be used as a short form of Lusine, but as an independent name its literal meaning is "light," not "moon."
Lus Name History & Origins
The name Lus belongs to the Armenian tradition of using native words as given names, a pattern seen in names such as Arev (sun), Lusin (moon), and Tsaghik (flower). Armenian luys is the ordinary noun for light, and the shorter root lus- appears in compounds and names. Because lus- also underlies lusin (moon), Lus is sometimes treated as a short form of Lusine, even though the two names come from different base words. The name is used in Armenia and among Armenian communities in other countries.
How Popular is the Name Lus?
Lus has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1978. Its best rank was #3,320 in 1964.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | #13,273 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #11,747 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #14,613 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #14,245 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,974 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #15,546 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #11,299 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #12,696 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #11,268 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #7,828 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #6,891 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #8,930 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #10,374 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #9,894 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #10,647 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #10,299 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #7,307 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #5,732 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #6,492 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1982 | #6,175 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #6,143 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #4,236 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1979 | #4,526 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1978 | #3,584 | 21 | 0.0014% |
| 1977 | #5,392 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #6,365 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #4,270 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #5,193 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #5,407 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #5,733 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #3,446 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1970 | #3,971 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1969 | #5,761 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #5,981 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #5,247 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1966 | #4,713 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #4,689 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #3,320 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1963 | #5,125 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #3,696 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1961 | #6,275 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #5,006 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #6,831 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #6,641 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1953 | #6,178 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #5,784 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1947 | #5,066 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1927 | #4,604 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #3,898 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1923 | #4,738 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #5,452 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1918 | #5,277 | 5 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Lus Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You always bring to completion anything you start. You are generous but like to see returns from your giving. You have an executive ability, you are a leader. You are moral, balanced, honest and intellectual, and you may attain spirituality. You are wise and practical with an appreciation of beauty. You always think before you act. Emergencies may raise your intuitive abilities in order to resolve conflict or situation. You become very creative under the pressure, and have quite original ideas to make the best out of it.
You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
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