Luai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- loo-AY
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Luai is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Luai mean?
Arabic: spelling of Lu'ayy
Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib was an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad and of the Quraysh tribe.
Is Luai a girl's or a boy's name?
Luai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Luai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Luai, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4 boys.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Luai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Luai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
Names like Luai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa Lawi Kai Luca Lando Makai Omar Ozzy Kairo Levi Keanu Amir
Other spellings of Luai
Names related to Luai
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Zahra Hamza Safa
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, “Luai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/luai, updated 20 October 2026.