Luiz comes from the Germanic / Portuguese tradition, meaning Famous warrior, famed in battle.
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How popular is Luiz?
2000peak year
Today, Luiz is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #4029), with only about 29 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2000, 112 babies were given the name (ranked #1211 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Luiz has been declining in recent years. In all, around 3,321 babies have been registered as Luiz since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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