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Arabic: [ʕaˈliː] (no glottal stop)
Persian: [ʔæ'liː]
Finnish: [ɑli] Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Finnish, others High, exalted, noble (Islamic); various diminuitives (other languages) |
Ali (Arabic: علي, ʿAlī) is a male Arabic name derived from the Arabic root ʕ-l-w, which literally means "high" or "elevated". It is a common name in Arab countries and the rest of the Muslim world. Islamic traditional use of the name goes back to the Islamic leader Ali ibn Abi Talib but the name is identical in form and meaning to the Hebrew: עֵלִי , Eli, which goes back to the High Priest Eli in the biblical Books of Samuel.
The name Ali also arises in other traditions. Among English-speakers as short for male and female names starting with "Al-", or the Old Norse man's name Áli. It can also be an English nickname, as a shortened form of Alice, Alison, Alistair, or Alexander and Alexandra.
Ali is also a Finnish male given name, derived from Aleksanteri.
al-'Ali (The Sublimely Exalted), one of the 99 names of God in Islam
Ali ('Ali ibn Abi Talib), cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the first infallible imam (leader) of the Muslim ummah (community) in Twelver Shi'a thought
'Ali ibn Husayn (Zayn al-Abidin), fourth infallible imam, grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib
'Ali ibn Musa (ar-Reza), eighth infallible imam
'Ali ibn Muhammad (al-Hadi), tenth infallible imam
Ali (French rapper)
Ali (American rapper), aka Ali Jones, American rapper
Ali (South Korean singer)
Ali (graffiti artist)
Ali Aaltonen, Finnish Red Guard commander
Ali Abu Awwad, Palestinian pacifist
Ali Akbar Navis, Indonesian author
Ali Akdemir, Turkish scientist
Ali al-Abdallah, Syrian writer and human rights activist
Ali Alanç (born 1959), Turkish football manager
Ali Alatas, Indonesian diplomat
Ali Annabi, Tunisian fencer
Ali Babacan, Turkish politician
Ali Bacher, South African cricket batsman & administrator
Ali Kemal Bey, Turkish journalist, newspaper editor and poet
Ali Kireş, Turkish footballer
Ali Bozer, Turkish politician
Ali Brownlee (1959–2016), English sportscaster
Ali Çetinkaya, Turkish Army officer
Ali Daei (born 1969), Iranian footballer
Ali al-Dandachi, Syrian scout leader
Ali Demić, Bosnian basketball player
Ali Eren Demirezen (born 1990), Turkish amateur boxer
Ali Dizaei (born 1962), Anglo-Iranian police officer and criminal
Ali Džabič (1853–1918), Bosnian mufti
Ali Erdemir, Turkish scientist
Ali Fadel, Iraqi politician
Ali Güneş, Turkish footballer
Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941–2010), Iraqi politician and mass murderer
Ali İsmet Öztürk (born 1964), Turkish aerobatics pilot
Ali Jarbawi, Palestinian politician
Ali Kaya (born Stanley Kiprotich Mukche in 1994), Kenyan-Turkish long-distance runner
Ali Kaya (serial killer) (born 1979), Turkish serial killer
Ali Khademhosseini (born 1975), Iranian-Canadian bioengineer
Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran
Ali Kordan (1958–2009), Iranian politician
Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi, 11th century physician
Ali Moulana, Sri Lankan politician, chairman of Eravur Urban Council
Ali Marpet (born 1993), American football player in the NFL
Ali Marwi, Kuwaiti footballer
Ali Noorzad, Afghan basketball player
Ali Nuhić, German-born Bosnian footballer
Ali Ölmez, Turkish footballer
Ali Omari, Afghan footballer
Ali Özgentürk, Turkish film director
Ali Öztürk (footballer born 1986), Turkish footballer
Ali Öztürk (footballer born 1987), Turkish footballer
Ali Qanso, Lebanese politician
Ali ibn Ridwan, 11th century astrologer
Ali Saad (actor), Lebanese actor and voice actor
Ali Sabancı, Turkish businessman
Ali Sadikin, Indonesian politician
Ali Said Raygal, Somali politician
Ali Saleem, Pakistani television host
Ali Salem, Egyptian playwright
Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari
Ali Sarı (born 1986), Turkish taekwondo practitioner
Ali Sastroamidjojo, 8th and 10th Prime Minister of Indonesia
Ali Shahalom, British-Bangladeshi comedian
Ali Shayegan (1903–1981), Iranian politician
Ali Tandoğan, Turkish footballer
Ali Tayebnia (born 1960), Iranian academic and politician
Ali Turan, Turkish footballer
Ali Williams (born 1981), New Zealand rugby union player
Ali Yusuf Kenadid, Somali Sultan of the Sultanate of Hobyo
Ali Nihat Yazıcı, Turkish Chess official
Ali I of Yejju (died 1788), Ethiopian leader
Ali II of Yejju (c. 1819 – c. 1866), Ethiopian leader
Ali Khamenei Iranian religious leader
Ali al-Sistani Iraqi religious leader
Ali Al-Zein (born 1949), Lebanese actor and voice actor
Middle name
Abbas Ali Khalatbari (1912–1979), Iranian diplomat
Lotf Ali Khan, last Shah of the Zand dynasty, of Persia
Ali Krieger (born 1984), American soccer player
Ali Landry (born 1973), American model and actress
Ali Larter (born 1976), American actress
Ali Lohan (born 1993), American model and actress
Ali MacGraw (born 1939), American actress
Ali Michael (born 1990), American fashion model
Ali Riley (born 1987), American-born New Zealand soccer player
Aamir Ali, Indian television actor
Abdulaziz Ali, Qatari footballer
Ahmadu Ali, Nigerian politician
Ahmed Ali, Pakistani writer
Ali Indian film actor
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch feminist, writer, and politician
Begum Nawazish Ali, Pakistani television host
Filiz Ali, Turkish pianist
Hameen Ali, American football player
Hassan Al-Ali
Imtiaz Ali, Indian film director
Laila Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali, female boxer
Mahershala Ali, American actor
Meral Yıldız Ali, Romanian-Turkish female table tennis player
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016; born Cassius Clay), American boxer
Muhammad Shamsi Ali, Indonesian-American Muslim scholar
Noble Drew Ali, Founder of Moorish Science Temple of America, the first Islamic organization in the United States
Rashied Ali (1935–2009), American drummer
Rucka Rucka Ali, American rapper, radio personality, singer, comedian, and satirist
Rushanara Ali, British politician
Sabahattin Ali, Turkish novelist
Safiye Ali, Turkish physician
Saleem Ali, Pakistani-American scholar
Sarfraz Ali, convicted of the racially motivated murder of Ross Parker
Sayfuz Ali, British-Bangladeshi singer-songwriter
Somy Ali, Bollywood actress
Sonni Ali, first king of the West African Songhai empire
Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
Abdul Ali
Ali Reza
Barkat Ali
Mehmet Ali
Aliye
Ali (French rapper)
Ali (graffiti artist)
Ali (American rapper), aka Ali Jones, American rapper
Ali (South Korean singer)
Ali B, Dutch rapper
Ali B (DJ), British DJ
Ali Bongo (1929–2009), stage name of British comedy magician William Wallace
Ali G, stage persona used by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen
Ali Official, British-Bangladeshi comedian
Big Ali, American rapper and DJ
Ali (character), a Chinese cartoon character
Ali Baba, character described in the adventure tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"
Ali Al-Saachez, character in the anime Gundam 00, one of the main antagonists of the show
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