Luule is an Estonian feminine given name from the Estonian language word luule, meaning "poetry".[2]
Gender | Female |
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Language(s) | Estonian |
Name day | 22 January[1] |
Origin | |
Word/name | From the Estonian language luule |
Meaning | poetry |
Region of origin | Estonia |
Other names | |
Related names | Luuli |
As of 1 January 2022, 1,064 women in Estonia have the first name Luule, making it the 170th most popular female name in the country. The name is most common in the 80-84 age group, and most commonly found in Valga County, where 17.27 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the name.[3]
Individuals bearing the name Luule include:
- Luule Epner (born 1953), theatre scholar and literary scholar
- Luule Käis (1929–2022), lawyer and legal scholar
- Luule Komissarov (born 1942), actress
- Luule Sakkeus (born 1956), demographer
- Luule Tull (born 1942), motorcycle racer
- Luule Viilma (1950–2002), physician, esotericist and practitioner of alternative medicine
References
edit- ^ "Estonian Name Days". Behind the Name. 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ Seppo, Raivo (1994). Eesti nimeramaat (in Estonian). Tallinn: Olion. ISBN 5-460-00164-1.
- ^ "Nimede statistika". Eesti statiska (in Estonian). 1 January 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2022.