Ali (name)
Calligraphic seal featuring Caliph Ali's name, on display in the Hagia Sophia | |
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈʕæli] Persian: [ʔæˈliː] Turkish: [aˈli] Urdu: [ʔəˈliː] |
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| Gender | Unisex |
| Language | Arabic (source), Amharic, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bengali, Indonesian, Pashto, Persian, Somali, Swahili, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Urdu, Uzbek, etc. |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic, Germanic, Finnish, Hebrew, English, French |
| Meaning | eminent, high, exalted, noble |
| Region of origin | Arab world/Muslim world, Northern Europe |
| Other names | |
| Variant forms | Ally, Aly, Alli, Alley, Allie, Aliy, Aliyy, Alee |
| Related names | Eli |
Ali is a common unisex given name and surname of multiple origins.