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Luz

What does Luz mean?

Luz Pronunciation of Luz as a girls' name is pronounced looz. It is of Spanish and Latin origin, and the meaning of Luz is "light". Also (Armenian) "moon". Biblical: an early name of the town of Bethel. Also a reference to the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Light". Also form of Lucy.

STARTS WITH Lu-

ASSOCIATED WITH light, moon, biblical, virgin, lady (noble)

Variations

VARIANTS Luzelena, Luzette, Luziana

SEE ALSO Lucinda, Lucita

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA MARY Mal, May

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Luz Madeline (L.M.), ..

How popular is Luz?

Luz is a very prominent first name for women (#350 out of 4276, Top 8%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#15796 out of 150436, Top 10%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Luz reached its top rank of #464 in the U.S. in the year 1999, and is presently at #1003. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Luz name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Luz outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent varying forms of Luz (#1003 IN RECENT RANKINGS) are Lucinda (#1628), Lucy (#51), Mary (#126) and May (#1645). These forms of Luz were favored a century ago (MEDIAN #332) and have become much less widespread since (#890, 94.7%).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Luz, Lucinda, Lucy, Mary, May in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Lucy, Mary outside U.S.

Similar Names

Luz is pronounced similarly to Lace, Lies, Lis, Lise, Liz, Lize, Lizz, Lois, Luce, Luise, Lys, Lyse, Lyz and Lyzz. Another suggested similar-sounding name is Lu. These names tend to be less frequently used than Luz.

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