Fun Facts About the Name Luiza
- More than 1 thousand babies named Luiza: U.S. records list 1,088 babies given the name Luiza from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Luiza Mean?
Luiza is the Portuguese, Romanian, and Polish feminine form of Luís (Louis), and its established meaning is "famous warrior" or "renowned in battle." The name goes back to the Germanic name Hluodowig, recorded in Latin as Ludovicus, which is built from two elements: hlūd, meaning "famous" or "renowned," and wīg, meaning "battle" or "war." Read literally, the compound describes someone famous in battle; "famous warrior" is the customary English rendering. The same Germanic source produced the French Louis and its feminine Louise, so Luiza is a counterpart of Louise and of the Spanish and Italian Luisa.
Luiza Name History & Origins
The name behind Luiza reached Western Europe through the Franks. Its best-known early bearer is the Frankish king Chlodwig, called Clovis in French and Latin sources, whose name was written in Latin as Ludovicus. From this root came the French Louis, used by a long line of French kings, and the feminine Louise. Portuguese took the masculine as Luís and formed a feminine Luísa, spelled by many writers as Luiza. Romanian and Polish use Luiza directly from the same body of Louis names that spread across Catholic and Western Europe, and Hungarian has a related form, Lujza.
Within the Portuguese-speaking world the two spellings coexist: Luísa, with an acute accent on the i, is common in Portugal, while Luiza is widely used in Brazil. In Romanian and Polish, Luiza is the usual form, formed on the model of the French and German Louis names rather than borrowed from Portuguese. Because the name arrived in these languages through the shared European stock of Louis and Louise, its history is that of the Germanic Hluodowig family rather than a separate origin of its own.
How Popular is the Name Luiza?
Luiza has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #2,802 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,038 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 2024 | #3,244 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2023 | #2,802 | 61 | 0.0038% |
| 2022 | #2,979 | 56 | 0.0034% |
| 2021 | #3,848 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2020 | #3,210 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2019 | #3,200 | 50 | 0.0030% |
| 2018 | #3,595 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2017 | #3,892 | 39 | 0.0023% |
| 2016 | #3,684 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2015 | #3,820 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2014 | #4,614 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2013 | #4,836 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #6,243 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #4,998 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2010 | #6,307 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2009 | #4,761 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2008 | #4,716 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #4,895 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2006 | #5,319 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2005 | #4,652 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2004 | #4,562 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2003 | #4,617 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #5,595 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #5,297 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #4,912 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1999 | #3,932 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1998 | #10,716 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #5,773 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #8,563 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #10,130 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #10,135 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #7,309 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #8,471 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #9,865 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #8,257 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #11,721 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #13,015 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #6,579 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #7,998 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #9,800 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #6,865 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #9,594 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #9,042 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1928 | #4,512 | 6 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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