Louay
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Louay by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Louay. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Louay
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 Louay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Luayshield; protection18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Loaycamels; plural of antelope in flight11 in the US (2017)
- Loganlittle hollow15,077 in the US (2017)
- Louierenowned warrior1,418 in England and Wales (2025)
- Louisfamous warrior; wide-famed1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Loyalfaithful and true104 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Louay
Names that are said the same way as Louay, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Loai6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Louay
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