Thoughts on Lumina?

[MistyF]

Lumina is name of Latin origin. I heard it's first used in 1800s and it means 'lights'. I pronounce it LOO-me-na and potential nickname I would use, if needed, is Lumie, but I prefer Lumina.

What do you think?

I actually know a Lumina (pronounced Lumeena). I've always thought it unusual but not outrageous!

Lumi is an ice bath make. Lumina isn’t even a name. Don’t saddle your baby with this word.

Lumina as a word does have Latin origins, but it's not really a Latin name. (For names meaning 'light', the Romans used Lucia ((f) or Lucius (m) https://www.behindthename.com/name/lucius )

Lumina is the plural of the Latin word 'lumen', which is usually translated as 'torch' or 'light' (as in 'daylight'). It was sometimes used rather poetically to mean 'eyes' (because they are, like a torch, a mechanism for seeing) and also the 'light' of certain faiths or of understanding.

It's related to the words 'luminous' and 'illuminations', as others have already said.

To name a baby 'Lumina' would be rather like calling them 'torches' or 'lightbulbs' or, perhaps, 'illuminations'.

If you Google Lumina, you get references to online gaming, an AI company, a personal development company, a lighting company, a horror film and much, much more. They might all be fine for you, but it might be worth double-checking

There’s a Romanian name, Luminita (pronounced “Luminitsa”) that might be better?

I’m pretty sure a set of our drinking glasses from Argos are called that.

I’m not keen.

Not keen I'm afraid

Sounds like a branded name for a l company which makes lamps

No please don't, it's awful sorry!
Lucia, Lucinda, Lucy or maybe Luna are much nicer alternatives

Isn't it a hair removal device?

Sounds like a grow light for cannabis!

Just use Lucy, Luna or Luella or something like that

Lumina sounds like a light company or a hair removal device

It's a name of a device that reads metabolic rate, or smth.

Don't do it to your child

No. Sounds like a brand of cat food.

Sounds like a laser hair removal device.

I worked with a lovely girl called Luminita from Romania years ago - nn Nita(“nee-tsh-ah”). Maybe without knowing her it’d be a no from me but she was fab so I’d say yes!

I think it sounds like a menstrual cup brand

😂😂😂

I’ve never seen a name so unanimously panned before.

Exactly.

its not a name. How about Lucia?

Sorry OP it sounds like a B and Q light fitting.

It made me think of Phillips Lumea for hair removal

Ask your pharmacist about Lumina.

Step away from the Scrabble bag, unique/different/interesting names are a pain in the arse for life and I should know, believe me!

Me too

Sounds like a fancy light bulb?

If you are dead set on lights, what about Aurora?

Luminol - a substance used for spotting blood in murder sites.

Luminal - a drug.

if you want a light name choose Lucy !