Luiza is a feminine

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, most commonly found in the

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

, Portuguese,

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

and

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

languages. People bearing the name Luiza include: *

Luiza Almeida Luiza Novaes Tavares de Almeida (born 7 September 1991) is a Brazilian dressage rider. She represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics as youngest equestrian ever with an age of 16 and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the individual dressage, f ...

(born 1991), Brazilian dressage rider * Luiza Helena de Bairros (1953–2016), Brazilian administrator and sociologist * Luiza Bialasiewicz (born 1971), Polish-Italian political geographer * Luiza Borac, Romanian pianist *

Luíza Brunet Luíza Botelho Brunet (born 24 May 1962) is a former model for many international clothing brands. She has a beauty and fashion-themed website. She was ''Madrinha da Bateria'' (Godmother of the Percussion, "Queen of the Drums") firstly for the P ...

(born 1962), Brazilian model *

Luiza Campos Luiza González da Costa Campos (born July 30, 1990) is a Brazilian rugby union and sevens player. She competed for Brazil at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Rugby career Campos studied at Universidade Estácio. She was selected as a mem ...

(born 1990), Brazilian rugby sevens player *

Luíza Curvo Luíza Touché de Almeida (June 3, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress. Personal life She was married to actor and director José Roberto Jardim; member of the theater group "Os Fofos Encenam" of São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Por ...

(born 1985), Brazilian actress *

Luiza Erundina Luiza Erundina de Sousa (; November 30, 1934) is a Brazilian politician, born in Uiraúna, a small city in the interior of the Brazilian state of Paraíba. Political history From 1980 to 1997, she was affiliated with the Workers' Party (Brazil ...

(born 1934), Brazilian politician *

Luiza Galiulina Luiza Galiulina (; born 23 June 1992 in Tashkent) is an Uzbek gymnast. She was banned from elite international competition for 2 years after testing positive for furosemide during the London 2012 Olympics. Her ban ended August 1, 2014. 2008 Summ ...

(born 1992), Uzbek gymnast *

Luiza Ganieva Luiza Ganieva (born 11 November 1995) is an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast. She competed in the group rhythmic gymnastics competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and o ...

(born 1995), Uzbek rhythmic gymnast *

Luiza Gega Luiza Gega (born 5 November 1988) is an Albanian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She is the 2023 European Games and 2022 European Championships champion in 3000 metres steeplechase. She is the ...

(born 1988), Albanian middle-distance runner *

Luiza Ghazaryan Luiza Ghazaryan (; born 29 February 2000) is an Armenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Alashkert and the Armenia women's national team. International career Ghazaryan capped for Armenia at senior level in a 0–1 friendly loss to ...

(born 2000), Armenian footballer *

Luiza Licina-Bode Luiza Licina-Bode (born 10 October 1972) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021. Early life and education Licina-Bode was born 1972 in the West German town of Bad B ...

, German politician *

Luiza Machado Luiza Machado (born 20 March 1965) is a Brazilian volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1 ...

(born 1965), Brazilian volleyball player *

Luiza Mariani Luiza Mariani is a Brazilian actress and producer. She started her career on the theater when she was 14 years old, and when she was 15 she was chosen by Domingos Oliveira to be part of the cast of the play “Confissões de Adolescente”. Studi ...

(born 1980), Brazilian actress and producer * Luiza Melencu (2000–2019), Romanian murder victim *

Luiza Monteiro Luiza Monteiro (born 23 November 1988) is a Brazilian submission grappler and 2nd degree black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor. She has won gold medals in the Gi at all four major events and in no-gi at three of the four major events. Bio ...

(born 1988), Brazilian submission grappler and 2nd degree black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor *

Luiza Noskova Luiza Nikolayevna Noskova (; born 7 July 1968 in Labytnangi) is a Russian biathlete. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of ...

(born 1968), Russian biathlete * Luiza Pendyk (born 1970), Polish football player *

Luiza Pesjak Luiza Pesjak or Lujiza Pesjakova (12 June 1828 – 31 March 1898) was a Slovene writer, poet and translator. She was the first woman to author a novel in Slovene. Early life and education Pesjak was born in Ljubljana on 12 June 1828 and baptized ...

(1828–1898), Slovene writer *

Luiza Possi Luiza Possi Gadelha (born June 26, 1984) is a Brazilian pop singer. She is the daughter of another famous Brazilian singer, Zizi Possi. Biography In 1999, Luiza was invited to go on stage and sing a song with a band that was opening a show by ...

(born 1984), Brazilian pop singer *

Luiza Prado Luiza Jesus Prado, known as Hifa Cybe is a transdisciplinary artist born in Guaratingueta, Brazil, in 1988. She uses artistic tools such as photography, performance, video art, installation, sculpture, painting, new media, body art, music an ...

(born 1988), Brazilian transdisciplinary artist * Luiza Rasulova (born 1995), Uzbek actress and presenter *

Luiza Sá Luiza da Silva e Sá-Davis (born March 29, 1983, in São Paulo) is one of the guitar players and drummers for the Brazilian indie-electro band Cansei de Ser Sexy. Besides playing in the group, she studies fine art at college and is very intere ...

(born 1983), Brazilian guitar player (

Cansei de Ser Sexy ''Cansei de Ser Sexy'' is the first full-length album by Brazilian indie rock band CSS. It was released on October 9, 2005 by Trama in Brazil, where it reportedly sold 5,000 copies and failed to chart. It was released in the United States on Jul ...

) * Luiza Saidiyeva (born 1994), Kazakh archer * Luiza Savage (born 19??), Canadian journalist and editor *

Luiza Trajano Luiza Helena Trajano Inácio Rodrigues (born 9 October 1948) is a Brazilian businessperson. She is chair of the retailer Magazine Luiza and associated companies. In July 2020, ''Forbes'' noted that she was Brazil's wealthiest woman. Trajano is ...

(born 1948), Brazilian billionaire businessperson *

Luíza Tomé Luíza Francineide Coutinho Tomé (born May 10, 1961, Amontada, Brazil, then raised in Itapipoca) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for acting in Globo telenovelas through the 1990s and early 2000s, including ''Pedra sobre Pedra'', '' ...

(born 1961), Brazilian actress * Luiza Valdetaro, Brazilian actress and businesswoman *

Luiza Złotkowska Luiza Złotkowska (born 25 May 1986) is a Polish speed skater. She is an Olympic silver and bronze medalist, and held the Polish record on the 5000 m distance from February 2021 to December 2022. Speed skating career Olympic Games At the 2010 ...

(born 1986), Polish speed skater * Luiza Zavloschi (1883-1967), Romanian politician

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