Given name & surname
Luiz
“illuminated”
Luiz is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Luiz is a variant of Louis. An origin associated with Louis is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Luiz is a variant of Louis. The history of Louis gives this family its wider story. Louis has a history of use among French royal or aristocratic families.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Luiz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,349
- 3,349 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 112 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #3,911 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 28 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,911 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 0.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,855 as a first name in 2020; 1,457 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Luiz’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Luiz has a diminutive in Lula. Luiz has a related form in Louis. In Portuguese usage, Luiz has a related form in Luís.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Luiz
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvapresident of Brazil from 2003 to 2011 and since 2023born 1945
- Luiz Felipe ScolariBrazilian association football player and managerborn 1948
- Luiz GustavoBrazilian association football playerborn 1987
- MüllerBrazilian association football playerborn 1966
- Luiz AdrianoBrazilian association footballerborn 1987
- Luiz GuilhermeBrazilian association football playerborn 1986
- Mano MenezesBrazilian football managerborn 1962
- Luiz HenriqueBrazilian footballer (born 2001)
- Luiz FelipeItalian-Brazilian association football playerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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