Meaning of the nameLuzia
- Female
- Latin origin
- Lu-zi-a
Luzia is a female name of Latin origin, inherited from Latin Lūcia through Old Galician-Portuguese and linked to lux, 'light'.
Meaning
“from Latin Lūcia, feminine of Lucius, derived from lux, 'light'”
- People (2022)
- 212,889
- Rank in Brazil
- #150
- Median age
- 60 years
- 2010 Census
- 258,948
- people
Luzia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Luzia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (49,649 people).
211,968 women 921 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 Luzia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Luzia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.191%
- Piauí 0.164%
- Goiás 0.160%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.159%
- Paraíba 0.156%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 49,044 | 0.110% |
| Minas Gerais | 28,722 | 0.140% |
| Bahia | 14,316 | 0.101% |
| Paraná | 14,071 | 0.123% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 12,820 | 0.080% |
| Goiás | 11,275 | 0.160% |
| Ceará | 8,646 | 0.098% |
| Maranhão | 8,044 | 0.119% |
| Espírito Santo | 7,323 | 0.191% |
| Pernambuco | 6,955 | 0.077% |
| Pará | 6,337 | 0.078% |
| Paraíba | 6,198 | 0.156% |
| Piauí | 5,358 | 0.164% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 5,263 | 0.159% |
| Mato Grosso | 5,221 | 0.143% |
| Santa Catarina | 4,135 | 0.054% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 3,814 | 0.138% |
| Distrito Federal | 2,386 | 0.085% |
| Rondônia | 2,379 | 0.151% |
| Amazonas | 2,371 | 0.060% |
| Tocantins | 2,228 | 0.147% |
| Alagoas | 1,917 | 0.061% |
| Sergipe | 1,448 | 0.066% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,184 | 0.011% |
| Acre | 773 | 0.093% |
| Roraima | 379 | 0.060% |
| Amapá | 282 | 0.038% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Luzia
Luzia comes from the Old Galician-Portuguese Luzia, inherited from the Latin Lūcia, and is an etymological doublet of Lúcia. Lūcia is the feminine of Lucius, which Behind the Name derives from the Latin lux, 'light'. Behind the Name links the spread of the name across Christian Europe to devotion to Saint Lucy (Santa Luzia). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 212,889 people named Luzia, with a median age of 60. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Lusia as a spelling variant.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Luzia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Lucia · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Lucius · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Luzia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Luzia
What does the name Luzia mean?
Luzia means “from Latin Lūcia, feminine of Lucius, derived from lux, 'light'”, according to Behind the Name.
How many people are named Luzia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 212,889 people with the first name Luzia, which ranks it number 150 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Luzia a boy's or a girl's name?
Luzia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 211,968 women and 921 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Luzia?
Luzia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Luzia most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.191% of the state's population is named Luzia (7,323 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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