Ali - Meaning of Ali

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[ 2 syll. a-li, al-i ] The baby girl name Ali is also used as a boy name, and it is more commonly a boy name. It is pronounced aa-LIY- †. Ali's language of origin is Old Greek, Arabic, and Germanic. It is predominantly used in English, Spanish, and Arabic. Arabic origin, Arabic use: It is derived literally from the word ali with the meaning 'high, lofty, sublime'. See Ali for more information.

In addition, Ali is a familiar form (English and Spanish) of Alexandra.

Ali is also a shortening (English) of Alice.

Ali is also a shortening (English) of the English, French, and Scottish Alison.

Ali is also a spelling variant of the English Allie.

Forms of Ali include the names Alee, Alei, Aleigh, Aley, Allea, Allee, Allei, Alli, Ally, and Aly.

See also the related categories, english, greek, spanish, sublime, and arabic.

Ali is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 2011, 0.020% of baby girls were named Ali. It was #713 in rank then. The baby name has seen a steep drop in frequency since then, and is currently used only on a very light scale. In 2018, within the family of girl names directly related to Ali, Alice was the most popular. 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 2013, 3 times more boys than girls were given the name Ali.

Baby names that sound like Ali include Alie, Olli, Olly, Aello, Aelo, Ahlai, Aila, Aili, Ailsa, Ala, Alah, Ale, Alei, Alla, Allei, Alley, Alli, Allie, Ally, and Aloe.

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

Details of famous persons named 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.