Luay
لؤيIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Little wild ox (a diminutive)
- About the name
- Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib is an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad; the name is a diminutive of la'an, 'wild ox'.
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Louai, Louay, Luai
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
Confidence: high
Sources
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