Luzia
Luzia is a name with multiple cultural origins: Portuguese, German.
- Portuguese
- German
Meaning & Origin of Luzia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Luzia is a name with multiple cultural origins: Portuguese, German.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
- German
The Story of Luzia
Luzia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2006, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2017: 17 births, good for #6,807 nationwide. About 44% of every Luzia on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Luzia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 13 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 90 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Luzia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Luzia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Luzia
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About the name Luzia
Luzia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2006 and has accumulated 90 births in the dataset. Luzia's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #6,807. Use the chart and map above to compare Luzia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.