Lu'ayy

Lu'ayy (Arabic: لُؤَيّ, romanized: lu’ayy, Arabic pronunciation: [luˈʔajj]; also anglicized as Luay, Louay, Loai, Loay or Luai) is an Arabic male given name. It originates as the diminutive of لَأًى la’an 'wild ox'. Its meaning is thus ‘Protector’^[1] It was most famously borne by Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib, an ancestor of Muhammad.

Notable people with the name include:

• Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib, an ancestor of Muhammad
• Luay Hamza Abbas, Iraqi writer
• Louay Almokdad, Syrian-British businessman and politician
• Luai al-Atassi, Syrian military leader
• Louay Kayyali, Syrian modern artist
• Louay Khraish, Lebanese-American filmmaker
• Luay Nakhleh, Palestinian-Israeli-American professor of computer science
• Louay M. Safi, Syrian-American scholar of Islam
• Luay Salah, Iraqi footballer
• Loai al-Saqa, Syrian al-Qaeda member
• Loay Taleb, Syrian footballer
• Louai Al Roumani, Syrian author

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This page was last edited on 27 April 2024, at 18:12