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Luay
/LOO-ay/
Somali
· a boy’s name
“Arabic-derived; traditionally linked to a small wild ox or wild bovine.”
How to say it
LOO-ay
Given to
Boys
Used in
Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
How common
rare