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 'little wild ox'.[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
- 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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