Entry № 5694 · Lithuanian origin

Laima Laima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LAI-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Lithuanian
Meaning
"Goddess of fate, fortune"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Lithuanian)

A name that means "goddess of fate, fortune".

Laima is the Lithuanian and Latvian goddess of fate and fortune — present at births to determine the destiny of newborns. The Latvian word laime still means "happiness" or "luck."

Laima is widely used in Lithuania and Latvia.

Goddess of fate. The Baltic destiny.

The name in its native script.

Laima
Transliteration
Laima
Pronunciation
/ ˈlaɪ.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Laima stands.

Laima does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Laimas before her.

Real people
Laima Vaikule
Latvian singer.
born 1954
In fiction
Laima
Baltic goddess of fate.
Baltic mythology

Names connected to Laima.

The number behind Laima.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Laima reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.