Luay
Luay is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Arabic and Persian countries, United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 101 male / 0 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Luay
If you do not know Luay’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Luay,” in English, “Guten Tag Luay,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Luay,
German
Guten Tag Luay,
French
Bonjour Luay,
Spanish
Estimado/a Luay:
Chinese
Luay您好：
Japanese
Luay様
English
Hi Luay,
German
Hi Luay,
French
Salut Luay,
Spanish
Hola Luay,
Chinese
Luay你好：
Japanese
Luayさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic and Persian countries | uncommon | man's name |
| United States | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
101 male · 0 female · 101 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Luay a male or female name?
Luay is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Luay in an email?
If you do not know Luay’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Luay,” in English, “Guten Tag Luay,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Luay a unisex name?
Luay is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Luay a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/luay. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_luay,
title = {Is Luay a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/luay},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}