Lu'Ay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- loo-AY
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Lu'Ay is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Lu'Ay mean?
Arabic: spelling of Luay; from Luayy
Luayy ibn Ghalib appears in the traditional family tree of the Prophet Muhammad as one of his early ancestors.
Meaning borrowed from Luay.
Is Lu'Ay a girl's or a boy's name?
Lu'Ay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lu'Ay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Lu'Ay, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Lu'Ay of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Lu'Ay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Lu'Ay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
Names like Lu'Ay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Perez Moiz Iago Luis Lorcan Luqman Crue Ludo Cruz Viggo Lucio
Other spellings of Lu'Ay
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lu'Ay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lu'ay, updated 20 October 2026.