Spanish and Portuguese: religious byname from a title of the
Virgin Mary, Spanish María de la Luz, Portuguese Maria da
Luz ‘Mary of Light’ (from Latin lux, genitive
lucis).German: variant of Lutz.Jewish
(Israeli): ornamental name from Hebrew luz ‘almond’, a
translation of Mandel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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