First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1891. From lauma (“fairy, forest spirit”).
Lauma f
- a female given name
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Lauma was the only given name of 1490 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.