Loai

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Loai by the numbers

Loai was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Loai

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Loai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lokitrickster; from Norse mythology44 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Louifamous warrior; a form of Louis or Lewis19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Loaycamels; plural of antelope in flight11 in the US (2017)
  • Loni18 in the US (2017)
  • Loar7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Luai4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Loai

Names that are said the same way as Loai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Louay8 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Loai

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