Plume as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Plume

What is the meaning of the name Plume ?

The baby name Plume is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced ploom (IPA: /pluːm/).

Plume is French in Origin.

Plume is a nature-and-literary word name from French plume "feather; quill," ultimately from Latin pluma "soft down." Through French, the word also entered English, where plume means a feather or decorative tuft and, by extension, the act of adorning. As a given name it reads airy, elegant, and creative, suggesting lightness, flight, and the writer’s pen.

Usage is very rare but increasing in Francophone and Anglophone countries as parents embrace distinctive nature names and noun-names. The English surname Plume (borne by 17th-century cleric Thomas Plume) supplies historical depth, while modern bearers tend to be female or unisex. Close cousins and variants include Spanish Pluma and Italian Piuma ("feather"), the English nickname Plum, and semantic kin like Feather and Quill; Plumette serves as a French-style pet form. Plume works across languages with simple spelling and soft sound, yet remains uncommon.