Lu'ayy (, ; also anglicized as Luay, Louay, Loai, Loay or Luai) is an Arabic male given name. It originates as the diminutive of 'wild ox'. Its meaning is thus ‘Protector’ It was most famously borne by

Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib () was an ancestor of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is the son of Ghalib ibn Fihr who lived in Yathrib. History The tradition states that Muhammad was the son of 'Abdullah, b. 'Abdu'I-Muttalib (whose name was Shayba), b ...

, an ancestor of Muhammad. Notable people with the name include: *

Luai Ahmed Luai Ahmed (; born September 5, 1993) is a Yemeni and Swedish journalist, columnist, and influencer. Ahmed is active on social media and is considered a critic of radical Islam and antisemitism in Islam. Ahmed is openly gay and considers himself ...

(born 1993), Yemen-born Swedish journalist, columnist, and influencer *

(274-350), an ancestor of Muhammad * Luay Hamza Abbas (born 1965), Iraqi writer *

Louay Almokdad Louay Almokdad (; born 20 December 1982) is a Syrian-British politician and businessman. He was born in 1982 in Damascus, Syria. Education He studied in Damascus until high school, and graduated from the American University in Cyprus with a ma ...

(born 1982), Syrian-British businessman and politician *

Luai al-Atassi Luai may refer to: * Luai, Iran, a village * Luay, a given name * Jarome Luai Jarome Luai (born 16 January 1997) is a international rugby league footballer who plays as a or and is co-captain for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby Leag ...

(1926-2003), Syrian military leader *

Louay Bazzi Lu'ayy (, ; also anglicized as Luay, Louay, Loai, Loay or Luai) is an Arabic male given name. It originates as the diminutive of 'wild ox'. Its meaning is thus ‘Protector’ It was most famously borne by Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib, an ancestor of Muhamma ...

, Lebanese-American mathematician *

Louay Kayyali Louay Kayali (), (20 January 1934 – 26 January 1978) was a Syrian modern artist. Biography Kayali was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1934 and studied art in the Accademia di Belle Arti after having studied at the Al-Tajhiz School where his work was ...

(1934-1978), Syrian modern artist *

Louay Khraish Louay Khraish is a Lebanese-American screenwriter, producer, and film educator, He is known for the feature film, ''Arzé'', Lebanon's submission to the List of submissions to the 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film, 97th ...

, Lebanese-American filmmaker *

Luay Nakhleh Luay K. Nakhleh (Arabic: لؤي نخله; born May 8, 1974) is a Palestinain-Israeli-American computer scientist and computational biologist. He is the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice Universit ...

(born 1974), Palestinian-Israeli-American professor of computer science *

Louay M. Safi Louay M. Safi () is a Syrian- American, a scholar of Islam and the Middle East, and an advocate of Arab and Muslim American rights. He published on such issues as social and political development, modernization, democracy, human rights, and Islam ...

, Syrian-American scholar of Islam *

Luay Salah Luay Salah Hassan Al-Khafaji (; born 7 February 1982 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi former football player. He played for the Iraq national team as well as for the Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa, Persepolis and Erbil clubs. He scored 121 Iraqi Pr ...

(born 1982), Iraqi footballer *

Loai al-Saqa Loai Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa () is a Syrian member of al-Qaeda, convicted of masterminding and financing the 2003 Istanbul bombings. In February 2007, he was sentenced to 67 life sentences by the Turkish courts. He was arrested in August 2005, ...

, Syrian al-Qaeda member *

Loay Ayyoub Loay Ayyoub (; born 1993 or 1994) is a Palestinian photojournalist. He studied at Al-Azhar University – Gaza and has worked as a freelance photographer for ''The Washington Post''. Early life and education Ayyoub was born in Gaza. Ayyoub stu ...

, Palestinian photojournalist *

Loay Taleb Louay Taleb (; born August 9, 1975, in Damascus, Syria) is a retired Syrian football (soccer), football player. He ended his career as a player at Al-Wahda SC Damascus, Al-Wahda in 2002 and became one of the assistant coaches there. He moved to A ...

(born 1975), Syrian footballer

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