as a Last Name
- 1,402
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Luz
Meaning & Origins
Spanish and Portuguese: religious byname from a title of the Virgin Mary, Spanish María de la Luz, Portuguese Maria da Luz ‘Mary of Light’ (from Latin lux, genitive lucis).
| 17,637th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,402
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Luz per capita
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