Luz

Girl · Spanish (Latin lux)

Luz

Say it: LOOTH

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Meaning

Spanish 'light', from Nuestra Señora de la Luz.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Often given as María de la Luz and used alone as a short name.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1990s

In the United States

27,224 babies given this name since 1886
At its height in 1999, about 1 in 3,100 girls
248 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Spanish Portuguese Mexican Central American Andean Argentine Caribbean

The family of the name

Other spellings: Lucecita

Portuguese	Luz
Catalan	Llum

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Where this comes from

Calendars of saints and name days
National birth statistics of European countries source
Parish baptism registers
National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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