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Luz (female)

Variants:Lucia (F)
Derivative(s):Luzdivina (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Spanish, "light", and hence cognate with Lucía. The name Luz is from one of the titles given to the Virgin Mary: "Our Lady of Light".
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