Given name
Luzia
Luzia is a feminine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Latin. It is used in German, Portuguese, and Old Galician-Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In German use, Luzia has a related form in Lucia. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese Luzia, from Latin Lūcia.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Luzia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 101
- 0 boys · 101 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,233 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,233 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 517 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Luzia’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Luzia shares an earlier linguistic root with Lúcia. In Portuguese usage, Luzia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lucy. In German usage, Luzia has a related form in Lucia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Luzia has relatives in 12 languages.
23 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LucaHungarian
- LucyEnglish
- LucilleFrench
- LucianaItalian
- Luzequivalent
- LucieFrench
- LucindaPortuguese
- Luciequivalent
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- LucileFrench, English
- LucienneFrench
- LucillaSpanish
- LucijaUpper Sorbian, Croatian
- LucetteFrench
- LuceItalian, French
- LucettaEnglish
- LucynaPolish
- LucjaPolish
- Lūcijaequivalent
- Luziequivalent
- Lúcíaequivalent
- Llúciaequivalent
- ŁucjaPolish
- LucíaSpanish
- Lúciadoublet · Portuguese
- LleucuWelsh
- LiùsaidhScottish Gaelic
- LucindeFrench
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Luzia
- Luzia EbnötherSwiss female curler and coachborn 1971
- Luzia ZbergSwiss racing cyclistborn 1970
- Luzia Inglês Van-DúnemAngolan politicianborn 1948
- Luzia Hartsuyker-CurjelDutch architect and urban planner (1926–2011)
- Luzia SimãoAngolan basketball player (born 1992)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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