What does Ali mean?

Ali means "high, lofty, sublime"

How do we pronounce Ali?

Ali \a-li, al-i\ is a female's name. It consists of 3 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Ali can also be used as a boy name pronounciation, and it is more commonly a boy name. It is pronounced aa-LIY- 1.

1 Pronunciation for Ali: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Ali?

Ali's language of origin is Old Greek, Arabic, and Germanic. It is used predominantly in English, Spanish, and Arabic. Arabic origin, Arabic use: Derived literally from the word ali with the meaning 'high, lofty, sublime'. See name Ali for more info. In addition, Ali is a familiar form (English and Spanish) of the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish name Alexandra origin. Ali can also be a shortening (English) of the Czech, English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Scandinavian short names for Alice. Ali can also be a shortening (English) of the English, French, and Scottish Alison name popularity. Ali can also be a spelling variant of the English Allie name. Forms of Ali consist of the names meaning of Alee, Alei definition, short names for Aleigh, Aley meaning and origin, name Allea, Allee meaning, baby name Allei, name Alli, Ally meaning of name, and Aly definition. Ali is a somewhat popular baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 2000s. At the modest height of its usage in 2010, 0.020% of baby girls were named Ali. It was #726 in rank then. In 2010, within the family of girl names directly related to Ali, name Alexandra origin was the most popular. It was 10 times more widely used than Ali in that year. Although there were times from 1986 to 1986 that Ali was more popular with girls, today it is used more commonly as a boy name. In 2009, 3 times more boys than girls were given the name Ali.

The following famous people share the name Ali:

  • Actress Ali Landry, born 21 July 1973, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
  • Actress Ali Larter, born 28 February 1976, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
  • Actress Ali MacGraw, born Alice MacGraw April 1, 1938, Pound Ridge, New York.

List of baby names Ali:

the Dutch and English name Alie meaning, the Estonian Olli name popularity, the Estonian meaning of Olly, the name name Aaleyah meaning, the Arabic short names for Aalya, the name Aalyah pronounciation, the name name Aello meaning, the name what does the name Aelo mean, the name baby name Ahlai, the English and Finnish Aila definition, the Scottish, English, and Finnish Aili meaning, the Scottish baby name Ailsa, the Slavic Ajla pronounciation, the Polish Ala name popularity, the name Alah meaning of name, the English Alais pronounciation, the Lithuanian Ale definition, the name Alee definition, the Hebrew Alei meaning and origin, and the name name Aliye meaning.

The baby name Ali fun facts:

The name Ali in reverse order is "Ila".

The numerological value of the name Ali is number 4, which means a foundation, order, service, struggle against limits, steady growth.

How popular is Ali?

Ali is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
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Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames