Submitted Name Save Gender Feminine Usage English (Archaic) Pronounced Pron. LOO-mi-nah [key] Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 9/13/2007 by earthnut Edited 8/6/2020 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History Derived from Latin lumina "lights", ultimately from Latin lumen "light". In the English-speaking world, this name was first recorded in the 1800s.