Meaning of the nameLuiz

Luiz is a masculine name of Germanic origin, a variant of Luís, adapted from Old French Louis, formed from elements meaning 'high, renowned' and 'battle'.

Meaning

“from the Germanic elements 'high, renowned' and 'battle'”

Source: Wiktionary: Luís

People (2022): 1,335,098
Rank in Brazil: #10
Median age: 37 years
2010 Census: 1,107,792; people

Luiz in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Luiz, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (203,536 people).

6,846 women 1,328,252 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Luiz is most common

States with the highest share of people named Luiz in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	305,300	0.687%
Minas Gerais	148,860	0.725%
Rio de Janeiro	142,311	0.886%
Paraná	99,553	0.870%
Rio Grande do Sul	68,976	0.634%
Pernambuco	62,846	0.694%
Bahia	61,735	0.437%
Santa Catarina	57,572	0.757%
Ceará	49,534	0.563%
Pará	42,217	0.520%
Goiás	42,128	0.597%
Mato Grosso	27,802	0.760%
Rio Grande do Norte	25,256	0.765%
Espírito Santo	24,787	0.647%
Amazonas	22,720	0.576%
Mato Grosso do Sul	22,300	0.809%
Paraíba	22,115	0.556%
Alagoas	21,408	0.685%
Distrito Federal	15,288	0.543%
Piauí	14,815	0.453%
Maranhão	14,159	0.209%
Sergipe	13,683	0.619%
Rondônia	9,326	0.590%
Tocantins	8,634	0.571%
Acre	4,638	0.559%
Amapá	3,910	0.533%
Roraima	3,225	0.507%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Luiz

Wiktionary records Luís as an adaptation of Old French Louis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German or Frankish *Hlūtwīg, formed from Proto-Germanic elements meaning 'high, renowned' and 'battle'. Behind the Name lists the same Germanic roots, hlud and wig, and gives Luiz as the Brazilian Portuguese form. Wiktionary notes Luiz as a variant of Luís, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Luís among the spelling variants of Luiz. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,335,098 people named Luiz, with a median age of 37. The name is a doublet of Ludovico, Clóvis and Aloísio.

It ends in Z, a spelling that Wiktionary gives as an alternative to Luís. It is the most recorded in the group.

Other spellings of Luiz

Spelling	People (2022)
Luiz	1,335,098
Luís	838,237

Sources

Wiktionary: Luís · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Luiz · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Behind the Name: Luis · behindthename.com · spelling
Behind the Name: Louis · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Luiz · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Luiz

What does the name Luiz mean?

Luiz means “from the Germanic elements 'high, renowned' and 'battle'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Luiz in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,335,098 people with the first name Luiz, which ranks it number 10 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Luiz a boy's or a girl's name?

Luiz is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 6,846 women and 1,328,252 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Luiz?

Luiz is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Luiz most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.886% of the state's population is named Luiz (142,311 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Luiz?

Luís. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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