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 {{Its meaning is thus ‘Protector’ It was most famously borne by Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib, an ancestor of Muhammad.

Notable people with the name include:

• Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib (274–350), an ancestor of Muhammad
• Luay Hamza Abbas (born 1965), Iraqi writer
• Louay Almokdad (born 1982), Syrian-British businessman and politician
• Luai al-Atassi (1926–2003), Syrian military leader
• Louay Bazzi, Lebanese-American mathematician
• Louay Kayyali (1934–1978), Syrian modern artist
• Louay Khraish, Lebanese-American filmmaker
• Luay Nakhleh (born 1974), Palestinian-Israeli-American professor of computer science
• Louay M. Safi, Syrian-American scholar of Islam
• Luay Salah (born 1982), Iraqi footballer
• Loai al-Saqa, Syrian al-Qaeda member
• Loay Ayyoub, Palestinian photojournalist
• Loay Taleb (born 1975), Syrian footballer

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