Luai

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies

Luai by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Luai.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Luai

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 Luai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Luayshield; protection18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Luan70 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lui8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Loai6 in the US (2017)
  • Lual6 in the US (2017)
  • Luar5 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Luai

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

  • Lu'Ay5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Luai

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