Ali (name)

Ali
Calligraphic seal featuring Caliph Ali's name, on display in the Hagia Sophia
PronunciationArabic: [ˈʕæli]
Persian: [ʔæˈliː]
Turkish: [aˈli]
Urdu: [ʔəˈliː]
GenderUnisex
LanguageArabic (source), Amharic, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bengali, Indonesian, Pashto, Persian, Somali, Swahili, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Urdu, Uzbek, etc.
Origin
Word/nameArabic, Germanic, Finnish, Hebrew, English, French
Meaningeminent, high, exalted, noble
Region of originArab world/Muslim world, Northern Europe
Other names
Variant formsAlly, Aly, Alli, Alley, Allie, Aliy, Aliyy, Alee
Related namesEli

Ali is a common unisex given name and surname of multiple origins.