Luz (name)

Luz is a Portuguese and Spanish feminine given name and surname, meaning light. The given name is shortened from Nossa Senhora Da Luz, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Light".

People

Given name

• Luz Blanchet, Mexican television presenter
• Luz Casal (born 1958), Spanish singer
• Luz Dary Castro (born 1978), Colombian shot putter and discus thrower
• Luz García (born 1977), Dominican Republic model
• Luz Elena González (born 1974), Mexican actress
• Luz Escamilla (born 1977), American politician
• Luz Jiménez (1897–1965), Mexican model, educator, and storyteller
• Luz Jiménez (actress) (born 1934), Chilean actress
• Luz Magsaysay (1914–2004), First Lady of the Philippines
• Luz Márquez (born 1935), Spanish actress
• Luz Pavon, Mexican model and fashion designer
• Luz Pozo Garza (1922–2020), Spanish poet
• Luz Ramos, Mexican television and film actress
• Luz María Zetina (born 1973), Mexican actress
• Luz Maria Zornoza (born 1994), Peruvian badminton player
• Luz Marina Zuluaga (1938–2015), Colmbian Miss Universe
• Luz Mely Reyes (born 1967/68), Venezuelan journalist, writer, and analyst

Nickname

• Luz Long (1913–1943), German long jumper

Other

• Luz (singer, born 1993) (1993–2025), Japanese singer

Surname

• Adriano Barbosa Miranda da Luz (born 1979), real name of Cape Verdean footballer Néné
• Aída Luz (1917-2006), Argentine actress
• Aluísio Francisco da Luz (1931–2020), real name of Brazilian footballer Índio
• Arturo R. Luz (1926–2021), Filipino visual arts artist
• Carlos Coimbra da Luz (1894–1961), Brazilian politician
• Consuelo Luz, Chilean-Cuban singer of Sephardic, Mapuche and Basque origins
• Diego Luz (born 1990), Uruguayan footballer
• Dora Luz, Mexican Singer
• Emerson da Luz (born 1982), Cape Verdean footballer
• Franc Luz (born 1950), American actor
• Hugo Luz (born 1982), Portuguese footballer
• Jesus Luz (born 1987), Brazilian model and DJ
• Joaquín De Luz (born 1976), Spanish ballet dancer
• José Fágner Silva da Luz (born 1988), a.k.a. Fágner, Brazilian football player
• José La Luz (born 1950), Spanish activist
• Laura Luz (born 1967), Mexican stage and television actress
• Luiz Luz (1909–1998), Brazilian footballer
• Melânia Luz (1928–2016), Brazilian sprinter
• Rafa Luz (born 1992), Brazilian basketball player
• Rosa Luz Alegría (born 1949), Mexican physicist
• Sandro Gomes da Luz (born 1973), Brazilian football player
• Ulrich Luz (1938–2019), Swiss theologian

Fictional characters

• Luz Avalos, a character in the Saints Row franchise
• Luz Benedict, older sister of "Bick" Benedict in Edna Ferber's 1952 novel and 1956 film Giant
• Luz Noceda, protagonist of the 2020 American animated series The Owl House
• Luz "Lucita" Perez, a deaf character who uses cochclear implants from the 2024 American animated show Primos

See also

• Luz (disambiguation)
• Luce (name)
• Lucy

References