Girl · Baltic
Laima
Say it: LIGH-mah
Meaning
Name of the Baltic goddess of fate and fortune; Lithuanian laimė and Latvian laime mean 'luck, happiness'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The goddess appears in Latvian folk songs; as a given name it was adopted during the national revival.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 38 babies given this name since 1951
- At its height in 1962, about 1 in 280,900 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Laimė
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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