Given name & surname
Alie
“the great one; one who is exalted”
Alie is a variant of Ali. One Arabic interpretation is “the great one; one who is exalted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alie is a variant of Ali. One Arabic interpretation is “the great one; one who is exalted.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alie is a variant of Ali. An origin associated with Ali is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 611
- 83 boys · 528 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −65%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 999 as a first name in 2020; 386 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alie’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Alie has a diminutive in Alietje. Alie has a related form in Ali. In Dutch usage, Alie has a diminutive in Alietjes.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alie
- Alie SesayBritish association football playerborn 1993
- Alie LindbergFinnish pianist (1849-1933)
- Alie WardAmerican TV actress, TV host, writer and painterborn 1976
- Alie BoorsmaDutch speed skaterborn 1959
- Alie StijlDutch swimmer1923–1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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