Lu'ayy ( ar, لُؤَيّ, translit=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 'little wild ox'. It was most famously borne by

Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib () was an ancestor of Islamic prophet Muhammad of Arabia. He is the son of Ghalib ibn Fihr who lived in Makkah Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center ...

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

, an ancestor of Muhammad *

Luay Hamza Abbas Luay Hamza Abbas (born 1965) is an Iraqi writer. He now teaches literary criticism at Basra University. Abbas has published several volumes of short stories and one novel. In 2010, the National Endowment of the Arts awarded a grant to academic ...

, Iraqi writer *

Louay Almokdad Louay Almokdad ( ar, لؤي المقداد; 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 Un ...

, Syrian-British businessman and politician *

Luai al-Atassi Lu'ay al-Atassi ( ar, لؤي الأتاسي, Luʾay al-ʾAtāsī; 1926 − 24 November 2003) was a senior commander in the Syrian Army and later the President of Syria between 9 March and 27 July 1963. Early life and career Atassi was born in Hom ...

, Syrian military leader *

Louay Kayyali Louay Kayali ( ar, لؤي كيالي), (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 Sch ...

, Syrian modern artist *

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

, Palestinian-Israeli-American professor of computer science *

Louay M. Safi Louay M. Safi is a Syrian people, Syrian-Syrian American, 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, democra ...

, Syrian-American scholar of Islam *

Luay Salah Luay Salah Hassan ( ar, لؤي صلاح حسن , born February 7, 1982 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi former Football (soccer), football player. He played for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa, Persepolis FC, Persepolis and Erbil SC, Erbil. He scored ...

, Iraqi footballer *

Loai al-Saqa Loai Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa ( ar, لؤي محمد حج بكر الصقا) 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 ...

, Syrian al-Qaeda member *

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

, Syrian footballer * Louai Al Roumani, Syrian author

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