Ali (name)
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Hagia Sophia Pronunciation Arabic: [ˈʕalijj] Persian: [ʔæˈliː] Turkish: [aˈli] Urdu: [ʔəˈliː] Gender Male or Female Language(s) Arabic (source) , Amharic , Azerbaijani , Bashkir , Bengali , Indonesian , Pashto , Persian , Somali , Swahili , Tatar , Turkish , Turkmen , Urdu , Uzbek , etc.Word/name Arabic Meaning eminent, high, exalted, noble Region of origin Arabia Variant form(s) Ally, Aly, Alli, Alley, Allie, Aliy, Aliyy, Alee
Ali ( or ; Arabic : علي , romanized : ʿAlī
Ali is derived from the Arabic triconsonantal root ʕ-l-w, which literally means "high", "elevated", "champion", ”king of kings”, ”emperor”, and is used as both a given name and surname . Islamic traditional use of the name goes back to the Islamic leader Ali ibn Abi Talib , but the name is also present among some pre-Islamic Arabs (e.g. Banu Hanifa , and some rulers of Saba and Himyar ). It is identical in form and meaning to the Hebrew : עֵלִי , Eli , which goes back to the High Priest Eli in the biblical Books of Samuel .
The Ali surname is especially common in Arab countries and the rest of the Muslim world.[ 1]
Ali is the most common last name in Qatar , Bahrain , United Arab Emirates , Somalia , Kuwait and Libya .[ 2] Pakistani communities, as it is often associated with the descendants of Ali in these regions.[ 3]
The name Ali is also used in various other cultures as a given name. Among English speakers it is used as a short form of male or female names starting with "Ali", such as Alice, Alison, Alisha, Alistair, Alexander, or Alexandra. In Old Norse , Áli and Åle are alternative forms of Onela . Ali is a Finnish male given name, derived from Aleksanteri .[ 4]
Islam
Ali ibn Abi Talib (601–661), cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the fourth Caliph of Sunni Islam.Ali ibn Husayn (Zayn al-Abidin ) (c. 659 – c. 713 ), grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib,Ali ibn Musa (ar-Reza ) (c. 766 – 818), eighth infallible Imam in Shia IslamAli ibn Muhammad (al-Hadi ) (c. 829 – c. 868 ), tenth infallible Imam in Shia IslamAli ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari , Persian Muslim scholar, physician and psychologistAli ibn al-Mu'tasim, 9th-century Abbasid prince and son of Al-Mu'tasim
Ali al-Muktafi , Abbasīd caliph from 902 to 908Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin , Imam in Shiʻi IslamHusayn ibn Ali , Abu Abd Allah or Imam Husayn, a grandson of MuhammadHasan ibn Ali , the firstborn son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of MuhammedAli ibn al-Athir , 12th- and 13th-century Islamic historian and geographerAli Jaunpuri (1800–1873), Islamic scholarAli bin Hussein, King of Hejaz (1879–1935), second king of Hejaz
Given male name
Arts and entertainment
'Ali Ashraf (c.1735–c.1780), Iranian painterAli Akbar Navis , Indonesian authorAli Gatie , Iraqi-Canadian singer-songwriterAli Hassan (born 1972), Indian television actorAli Kiba (born 1986), Tanzanian singer and songwriterAli Marhyar (born 1984), French actor, film director and screenwriterAli Özgentürk , Turkish film directorAli Rehman Khan , Pakistani actorAli Saad (actor) , Lebanese actor and voice actorAli Saleem , Pakistani television hostAli Salem , Egyptian playwrightAli Shahalom , British-Bangladeshi comedianAli Al-Zein , Lebanese actor and voice actorAli Campbell , British singer and member of UB40
Sports
Ali Adnan Kadhim (born 1993), Iraqi footballerAli Alaaeddine (born 1993), Lebanese footballerAli Alanç (born 1959), Turkish football managerAli Annabi , Tunisian fencerAli Asfand (born 2004), Pakistani cricketerAli Bacher , South African cricket batsman and administratorAli Daei (born 1969), Iranian footballerAli Daher (born 1996), Lebanese footballerAli Demić , Bosnian basketball playerAli Dia (born 1965), Senegalese footballerAli Badara Dia (born 1941), Guinea footballerAli Eren Demirezen (born 1990), Turkish amateur boxerAli Fakih (born 1967), Lebanese footballerAli Farahat , Egyptian chess playerAli Farokhmanesh (born 1988), American basketball player and coachAli Fayad (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAli Gaye (born 1998), American football playerAli Ferit Gören (1913–1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinterAli Güneş , Turkish footballerAli Kaya (athlete) (born Stanley Kiprotich Mukche in 1994), Kenyan-Turkish long-distance runnerAli Kireş , Turkish footballerAli Marpet (born 1993), American football player in the NFLAli Marwi , Kuwaiti footballerAli Musse (born 1996), Somali footballerAli Noorzad , Afghan basketball playerAli Ölmez (born 1983), Turkish footballerAli Öztürk (footballer, born 1986) , Turkish footballerAli Öztürk (footballer, born 1987) , Turkish footballerAli Sabeh (born 1994), Lebanese footballerAli Sami Yen , Turkish Association football entrepreneurAli Sánchez , Venezuelan professional baseball playerAli Sarı (born 1986), Turkish taekwondo practitionerAli Tandoğan , Turkish footballerAli Topaloğlu (born 1998), Turkish track and field athlete with Down syndromeAli Turan , Turkish footballerAli Williams (born 1981), New Zealand rugby union playerAli Nihat Yazıcı (born 1964), Turkish chess officialAli Efe Yeğin (born 1993), Turkish professional motorcycle racer
Others
Ali Aaltonen , Finnish Red Guard commanderAli Abdo , Ethiopian politicianAli al-Abdallah , Syrian writer and human rights activistAli Akdemir , Turkish scientistAli Al Bukhaiti (born 1976), Yemeni politician, journalist, and writerAli Alatas , Indonesian diplomatAli Aldabbagh , Iraqi engineer and politicianAli ibn al-Athir , Hadith expert, historian and biographerAli Abu Awwad , Palestinian pacifistAli Babacan , Turkish politicianAli Mohammad Besharati (born 1945), Iranian politicianAli Bozer , Turkish politicianAli Brownlee (1959–2016), English sportscasterAli Çetinkaya , Turkish Army officerAli al-Dandachi , Syrian scout leaderAli Dizaei (born 1962), Anglo-Iranian police officer and criminalAli Džabič (1853–1918), Bosnian muftiAli Erdemir , Turkish scientistAli Fadel , Iraqi politicianAli Hassan al-Majid (1941–2010), Iraqi politician and mass murdererAli ibn Hazm , Andalusian Muslim polymath and scholarAli Hekimoğlu , Ottoman grand vizier and generalAli Jarbawi , Palestinian politicianAli Karimov (1919–2000), Azerbaijani statesmanAli Kaya (serial killer) (born 1979), Turkish serial killerAli Kemal Bey , Turkish journalist, newspaper editor and poetAli Khademhosseini (born 1975), Iranian-Canadian bioengineerAli Khamenei (born 1939), Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989Ali Kiliç , Ottoman Grand AdmiralAli Kordan (1958–2009), Iranian politicianAli ibn Abbas al-Majusi , 11th-century physicianAli Maksum , Indonesian Islamic leaderAli al-Masudi (al-Masʿūdī) , Arab historian, geographer and travelerAli Mech , 13th-century tribal chiefAli Akbar Moinfar , Iranian politicianAli Moulana , Sri Lankan politician, chairman of Eravur Urban CouncilAli Qanso , Lebanese politicianAli İsmet Öztürk (born 1964), Turkish aerobatics pilotAli ibn Ridwan , 11th-century astrologerAli Sabancı , Turkish businessmanAli Sadikin , Indonesian politicianAli Said Raygal , Somali politicianAli Sastroamidjojo , 8th and 10th Prime Minister of IndonesiaAli Sayyar (1926–2019), Bahraini journalist and politicianAli bin Hossein Seydi , Ottoman admiral and authorAli Shayegan (1903–1981), Iranian politicianAli Tayebnia (born 1960), Iranian academic and politicianAli Topuz (1932–2019), Turkish politicianAli Wallace (naturalist) , assistant to naturalist Alfred Russel WallaceAli Wazir , Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz MovementAli Yafie (1926–2023), Indonesian Islamic leaderAli Yusuf Kenadid , Somali Sultan of the Sultanate of HobyoAli I of Yejju (died 1788), Ethiopian leaderAli II of Yejju (c. 1819 – c. 1866), Ethiopian leader
Given female name
Arts and entertainment
Ali Barter (born 1986), Australian singer-songwriterAli Bastian (born 1982), English actressAli Benjamin , American authorAli Brown (born 1971), American authorAli Brustofski (born 1993), American singerAli Bryan , Canadian novelistAli Caldwell (born 1988), American singerAli Cobrin (born 1989), American actressAli Cobby Eckermann (born 1963), Australian poetAli Ewoldt (born 1982), American theatre actressAli Fedotowsky (born 1984), American television presenterAli Gass , American curatorAli Hillis (born 1978), American actressAli Kay , American modelAli Landry (born 1973), American model and actressAli Larter (born 1976), American actressAli Lee (born 1982), Hong Kong actressAli Liebegott (born 1971), American writerAli Liebert (born 1981), Canadian actressAli Lohan (born 1993), American model and actressAli MacGraw (born 1939), American actressAli McGregor , Australian sopranoAli Michael (born 1990), American fashion modelAli Rogers (born 1991), American beauty pageant titleholderAli Ryerson (born 1952), American flutistAli Shaw (born 1982), Scottish television presenterAli Smith (born 1962), Scottish authorAli Sotto (born 1961), Filipino actressAli Spagnola , American musicianAli Sparkes (born 1966), British authorAli Stephens (born 1991), American modelAli Stone (born 1992), Spanish record producerAli Stroker (born 1987), American actressAli Tamposi (born 1989), American songwriterAli Wentworth (born 1965), American actressAli Wong (born 1982), American comedian and actress
Sports
Others
Middle name
Abbas Ali Khalatbari (1912–1979), Iranian diplomatAbdus Sobahan Ali Sarkar (born 1976), Bengali MLA of AssamAhmad Ali Sepehr (1889–1976), Iranian historian and politicianAhmed Ali Enayetpuri (1898–1959), Bengali author and journalistAjmal Ali Choudhury (1916–1971), Bengali politicianAkbar Ali Khan , Bangladeshi economistGolam Ali Chowdhury (1824–1888), Bengali landlord and philanthropistGüzelce Ali Pasha , Ottoman statesman and military figureHatem Ali Jamadar (1872–1982), Bengali politicianJanab Ali Majumdar , Bengali politicianLotf Ali Khan (c. 1769–1794), last Shah of the Zand dynasty, of PersiaMahbub Ali Khan (1934–1984), Bangladeshi chief of naval staffMehmet Ali Birand (1941–2013), Turkish journalistMohammad Ali Varasteh (1896–1989), Iranian statesmanMohammed Ali Qamar , Bengali boxerMorshed Ali Khan Panni , Bangladeshi politicianMüezzinzade Ali Pasha , Ottoman statesman and naval officerNajib Ali Choudhury , Bengali Islamic scholarOsman Ali Sadagar (1856–1948), Bengali-Assamese politician and educationistRowshan Ali Chowdhury (1874–1933), Bengali journalistSaif Ali Khan Indian film actorSeydi Ali Reis , Ottoman admiral and navigatorSherman Ali Ahmed , Bengali MLA of AssamUluç Ali Reis (1519–1587), Italian farmer who became Kapudan PashaWajid Ali Choudhury , Bengali MLA of AssamWajed Ali Khan Panni (1871–1936), Bengali aristocratWajid Ali Khan Panni II , Bangladeshi politicianYakub Ali Chowdhury (1888–1940), Bengali essayist
Surname
Arts and entertainment
Aamir Ali , Indian television actorAhmad Ali (1910–1994), Pakistani writerAhmad Ismail Ali (1917–1974), Egyptian army officerAlauddin Ali (1952–2020), Bangladeshi music composerAli (born 1968), Indian film actorBegum Nawazish Ali (born 1979), Pakistani television hostEgypt Ali, stage name Egypt Speaks (born 1998), American musician
Filiz Ali (born 1937), Turkish pianistHaysam Ali (born 1988), Brazilian-American actor and entrepreneurIdris Ali (1940–2010), Egyptian authorImtiaz Ali (born 1971), Indian film directorLaylah Ali (born 1968), American visual artistMahershala Ali (born 1974), American actorMaya Ali (born 1989), Pakistani actressShahalom Ali , better known as Ali Shahalom, comedian and television presenterRashied Ali (1935–2009), American drummerSadeq Ali (1800–1862), Bengali poet, writer and judgeSomy Ali (born 1976), Bollywood actressSyed Murtaza Ali , Bengali writer and historianTatyana Ali (born 1979), American actress and singer
Sports
Abdulaziz Ali (born 1980), Qatari footballerAhmed Ali , Emirati football playerAhmad Ismail Ali (born 1917), Commander-in-Chief of Egypt's armyAlmoez Ali (born 1996), Qatari international footballer of Sudanese descentAwais Ali (born 2005), Pakistani cricketerHamdi Ali (born 1997), Qatari high jumperHameen Ali (born 1977), American football playerHyder Ali (born 1720), the Sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern IndiaImtiaz Ali (born 1954), West Indian cricketerImtiaz Ali , Trinidadian cricketerJosh Ali (born 1999), American football playerJusif Ali (born 2000), Finnish footballerKhalid Ali , Emirati football defenderLaila Ali (born 1977), American television personality and former professional boxer, daughter of Muhammad AliMeral Yıldız Ali (born 1987), Romanian-Turkish female table tennis playerMoeen Ali (born 1987), English cricketerMuhammad Ali (1942–2016; born Cassius Clay), American boxer, activist and philanthropistMukhtar Ali , Saudi Arabian professional footballerMohamed Ali (born 1992), Indian professional footballerNur Ali (born 1974), Pakistani-American racing driverRahaman Ali (born 1943; born Rudolph Arnett Clay, later rechristened to Rudolph Valentino), American boxer, brother of Muhammad AliRasheen Ali (born 2001), American football playerVeronica Porché Ali , American psychologist and the former wife of boxer Muhammad Ali
Others
Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali (1945–2012), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and translatorAhmadu Ali (born 1936), Nigerian politicianAnwar Ali , Pakistani economistAyaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969), writer and politicianAltab Ali , factory garment worker murdered by three teenagers in a racist attack in East LondonAyub Ali (1919–1995), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationistAyub Ali Master (1880–1980), British-Bangladeshi social worker and entrepreneurAzad Ali , IT worker and civil servant for the HM TreasuryAzmin Ali (born 1964), Malaysian politicianEnam Ali , founder of the British Curry Awards, Spice Business Magazine and Ion TVHassan Al-Ali (Scouting) , former General Secretary of the Kuwait Boy Scouts AssociationHasan ibn Ali , early Islamic Alid political and religious leaderHusayn ibn Ali , early Islamic figureHussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz , Arab leader from the Banu Qatadah branch of the Banu Hashim clanIdris Ali (politician) (1950–2024), Indian politicianIlias Ali (Bangladeshi politician) , Bangladeshi politician, Organising Secretary of the Bangladesh National PartyAbul Aziz Muhammad Ismail Ali (1868–1937), Urdu poet and activistJobeda Ali (1975–2020), British social entrepreneur, documentary filmmaker and chief executive of Three Sisters CareKazim Ali (born 1971), American poet, novelist, essayist, and professorMahbub Ali , Bangladeshi politician and Member of ParliamentM. A. Yusuff Ali , Indian businessman and billionaireMahmud Ali (statesman) , Indian Freedom Movement leader, statesmanMir Masoom Ali , Bangladeshi American statistician, Distinguished Professor and authorMir Maswood Ali , Canadian statistician and mathematicianMockbul Ali , British diplomat and former Islamic Issues Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeMunsur Ali , British film producer, screenwriter and directorMustafa Ali , Malaysian politicianMuhammad Shamsi Ali (born 1967), Indonesian-American Muslim scholarSiraj Ali , British Bangladeshi restaurateur and philanthropistNasim Ali , UK Labour Party politician, councillor and former Mayor of CamdenNoble Drew Ali (1886–1929), founder of the Moorish Science Temple of AmericaRagib Ali , Bangladeshi industrialist, pioneer tea-planter, educationalist, philanthropist and bankerRushanara Ali (born 1975), British politicianSabahattin Ali (1907–1948), Turkish novelist and journalistSaeed Abu Ali , Palestinian politician and juristSafiye Ali (1891–1952), Turkish physicianSaleem Ali (born 1973), Pakistani-American scholarSalim Ali (1896–1987), Indian ornithologist and naturalistSamina Ali , Indian-American author and activistSarfraz Ali (born c. 1977 ), convicted of the racially motivated murder of Ross Parker
Shah Muhammad Ibrahim Ali (1872–1931), Bengali poet and Islamic scholarSonni Ali (died 1492), first king of the West African Songhai empireSyed Mohammad Ali (1928–1993), Bangladeshi journalist, founder of Bangladesh The Daily Star Syed Mohsin Ali (1948–2015), Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Social WelfareSyed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974), Indo-Bangladeshi author, journalist, travel enthusiast, academician, scholar and linguistSheikh Razzak Ali (1928–2015), Bangladeshi author, journalist and politicianTakis Mehmet Ali , German politicianYashar Ali , American journalist with Iranian ancestryZahid Ali , Norwegian stand-up comedianZaynab bint Ali (626–682), eldest daughter of Fatima and Ali ibn Abi TalibZine El Abidine Ben Ali , 2nd president of Tunisia
Derived names
Male
Female
Umm Ali
Mononyms
Stage name or pseudonym
Ali (actor) , Telugu comedian and TV presenterAli (French rapper) (born 1995), French rapper of Moroccan originAli (graffiti artist) , American artist and musicianAli (American rapper) , aka Ali Jones, American rapperAli (South Korean singer) Ali (wrestler) , ring name of Pakistani-American professional wrestler Adeel AlamAli B , Dutch rapperAli B (DJ) , British DJAli Bongo (magician) (1929–2009), stage name of British comedy magician William WallaceAli G , stage persona used by comedian Sacha Baron CohenAli Hassan (actor) (born 1972), Indian television actorAli Official , British-Bangladeshi comedianBig Ali , American rapper and DJ
Fictional characters
Ali (character) , a Chinese cartoon characterAli (House ) , a character in the television series House Ali Baba , a character in the folk tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Ali Bombay, a character in the television series M.A.S.K.
Ali Osman , a character in the soap opera EastEnders Ali Al-Saachez , a character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00
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