Given name & surname
Eeli
“Jehovah is my God”
In Finnish use, Eeli is a short form of Elias. In Hebrew use, Elias carries the interpretation “Jehovah is my God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Finnish use, Eeli is a short form of Elias. In Hebrew use, Elias carries the interpretation “Jehovah is my God.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Eeli is a short form of Elias.
Eeli’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Eeli is a short form of Elias. In Finnish usage, Eeli shares a linguistic root with the English form Eli. In Finnish usage, Eeli has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eli.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eeli has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Eeli
- Eeli TolvanenFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1999
- Eeli ErkkiläFinnish politician1909–1963
- Eeli AaltoFinnish painter and television directorborn 1931
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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