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 [ 2 syll. a-li, al-i ] The girl name Ali is also used as a boy name, and it is more commonly a boy name. It is pronounced AALiy KEY. Ali's language of origin is Old Greek, Arabic, and Germanic. It is predominantly used in English, Spanish, and Arabic. Old Greek, Arabic, and Germanic origin, Arabic use: Derived literally from the word ali with the meaning 'high, lofty, sublime'. See Ali for more info. In addition, Ali is a pet form (English and Spanish) of the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Alexandra. Ali is also a short form (English) of the Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese Alice. Ali is also a short form (English) of the English, French, and Scottish Alison. Ali is a somewhat popular baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1996, 0.017% of baby girls were named Ali. It was #676 in rank then. The baby name has seen a steep drop in frequency since then, and is of only very light use in recent times. In 2008, it ranked at #866 with a usage of 0.015%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Ali, the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Alexandra was the most popular. It was 14 times more widely used than Ali in 2008. 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 2004, 2 times more boys than girls were given the name Ali. Baby names that sound like Ali include the Estonian Olli, the English Ollie, the Estonian Olly, the Arabic Aalya, the Scottish Ailsa, the Slavic Ajla, the English Alais, the Hawaiian Alaula, the Dutch and English Alie, the English Alile, the English Alja, the Spanish, English, and Russian Alla, the Finnish, English, and Spanish Alli, the English Allie, the English Ally, the Russian and Arabic Alya, the English Eily, the Hawaiian Eleu, the German and Scandinavian Ulla, and the German and Estonian Ulli. Details of famous persons named Ali: KEY: Pronunciation for Ali: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
