Given name

Əli

Əli is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in Azerbaijani.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Əli comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Arabic عَلِيّ.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Əli’s family of names

In Azerbaijani usage, Əli has a diminutive in Əlişka. In Azerbaijani usage, Əli shares a linguistic root with Аалы. In Azerbaijani usage, Əli has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ali.

Walk Əli’s family in the name graph

ƏliӘлиƏlişkaAlıAliАлиАалы

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Əli has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.

AzerbaijaniArabic

6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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