Luz

What Luz means

Spanish, meaning “light”

luz (“light”), shortened from María (de la) Luz, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Light".

Source: Wiktionary, “Luz” (revision 93487356), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Luz?

US: Rising: up from #958 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 1999, when 573 girls got the name (#463 that year). First in the US records in 1886.

How common

• About 1 in 4,961 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 84,427 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (0.57 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.41 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.39 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Luz is #838 in the US and #5927 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Luz were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Liz178 US · 18 E&W
• Lis11 US
• Luis7 US
• Luce6 US
• Lys5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Luz

Girls

• Esmeralda#373“emerald”^*
• Carmen#389Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 2,440 babies; 798 in 2025
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US
• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*

For a brother

• Alejandro#195“defender of man”^*
• Marcos#516Editor’s note Down from #408 in 2015 to #516 in 2025 in the US
• Javier#274Spanish, from Basque Xabier, meaning “the new house”^*
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Fernando#387Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 2,758 babies; 819 in 2025
• Marco#370Italian, from Latin Mārcus, meaning “pertaining to Mars”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Luz’s. Rank is US 2025.