Luz

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lüz in DO Dominican Republic, Ლუსი in GE Georgia, Luś in PL Poland and Лус in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Luz is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.0M records spelled Luz23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Luez, Lüz, Luź, Ľüž, Ļůž

• a separate given name119K records spelled Luz3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada

  Also written Lûz, Lúz

76 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Luz is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Marian name honouring Nuestra Senora de la Luz ‘Our Lady of Light’. M

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• ornamental name from Hebrew luz ‘almond’, a translation of Mandel.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Spanish, light

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of resurrection.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Latín lux, 'luz'; nombre mariano, asociado a la luz divina.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 137 years between 1886–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Luz Márquezb. 1935ESSpanish actress
• Luz Marina Zuluagab. 1938COColombian beauty queen (1938–2015)
• Luz Salgadob. 1949PEPeruvian politician
• Luz Casalb. 1958ESSpanish singer
• Luz María Jerezb. 1958MXMexican actress (born 1958)
• Luz María Zetinab. 1973MXMexican actress
• Luz Elena Gonzálezb. 1974MXMexican actress
• Luz Valdenebrob. 1975ESSpanish actress and model
• Luz Valdiviesob. 1977CLChilean actress
• Luz Acostab. 1980MXMexican weightlifter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,115 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Luz?

We estimate roughly 177 thousand people bear Luz (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Luz have the most bearers?

Luz is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled luz.

How common is Luz compared with other names?

In Peru, Luz is the 15th most common given name of 221,790 given names recorded there.

Is Luz a male or female name?

Luz is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Luz mean?

Recorded meaning: religious byname from a title of the Virgin Mary, Spanish Maria de la Luz, Portuguese Maria da Luz ‘Mary of Light’ (from Latin lux, genitive lucis).