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, Spanish singer
- Luz Dary Castro, Colombian shot putter and discus thrower
- Luz García, Dominican Republic model
- Luz Elena González, Mexican actress
- Luz Escamilla, American politician
- Luz Jiménez, Mexican model, educator, and storyteller
- Luz Jiménez (actress), Chilean actress
- Luz Magsaysay, First Lady of the Philippines
- Luz Márquez, Spanish actress
- Luz Pavon, Mexican model and fashion designer
- Luz Pozo Garza, Spanish poet
- Luz Ramos, Mexican television and film actress
- Luz María Zetina, Mexican actress
- Luz Maria Zornoza, Peruvian badminton player
- Luz Marina Zuluaga, Colmbian Miss Universe
- Luz Mely Reyes, Venezuelan journalist, writer, and analyst
Nickname
- Luz Long, German long jumper
Other
Surname
- Adriano Barbosa Miranda da Luz, real name of Cape Verdean footballer Néné
- Aída Luz, Argentine actress
- Aluísio Francisco da Luz, real name of Brazilian footballer Índio
- Arturo R. Luz, Filipino visual arts artist
- Carlos Coimbra da Luz, Brazilian politician
- Consuelo Luz, Chilean-Cuban singer of Sephardic, Mapuche and Basque origins
- Diego Luz, Uruguayan footballer
- Dora Luz, Mexican Singer
- Emerson da Luz, Cape Verdean footballer
- Franc Luz, American actor
- Hugo Luz, Portuguese footballer
- Jesus Luz, Brazilian model and DJ
- Joaquín De Luz, Spanish ballet dancer
- José Fágner Silva da Luz, a.k.a. Fágner, Brazilian football player
- José La Luz, Spanish activist
- Laura Luz, Mexican stage and television actress
- Luiz Luz, Brazilian footballer
- Melânia Luz, Brazilian sprinter
- Rafa Luz, Brazilian basketball player
- Rosa Luz Alegría, Mexican physicist
- Sandro Gomes da Luz, Brazilian football player
- Ulrich Luz, 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''