Ali (name)

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Ali Ibn
Hakob Hovnatanian - Ali ibn Abi Talib.jpg
Pronunciation Arabic: [ʕaˈliː] (no glottal stop)
Persian: [ʔæ'liː]
Finnish: [ɑli]
Gender Male
Language(s) Arabic, Finnish, Turkish, Albanian
Origin
Meaning High, Exalted, Noble
Other names
Variant form(s) Aly, Alli

Ali (Arabic: علي‎‎, ʿAlī) is a male Arabic name, derived from the Arabic root ع ل و which literally means "high" or "Elevated". It is a common name in Arabic countries and the rest of the Muslim world. Islamic traditional use of the name goes back to Ali ibn Abu Talib, the Islamic leader and cousin of Muhammad, but the name is identical in form and meaning to the Hebrew: עֵלִי ‎, Eli, which goes back to the Eli in the biblical Books of Samuel.

The name Ali can arise away from Islam; among English-speakers as short for male and female names starting with "Al-", or the Old Norse man's name Áli. It can also be an English nickname, as a shortened form of Alexandra, Alison, Alice, Alistair, or Alexander.

Ali is also a Finnish male given name, derived from Aleksanteri.[1] Also, households by a river are often named Ali- "downstream" and Yli- "upstream", thus the component Ali- occurs in surnames derived from these, e.g. Ali-Yrkkö "the house downstream of Yrkkö". Finnish people whose names start with "Ali" are sometimes suspected abroad of being terror suspects and thus are excessively targeted for security checks at U.S and German airports.[2]

Islam

  • al-'Ali (The Sublimely Exalted), one of the 99 names of God in Islam
  • Ali ('Ali ibn Abi Talib), cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the first infallible imam (leader) of the Muslim ummah (community) in Twelver Shi'a thought
  • 'Ali ibn Husayn (Zayn al-Abidin), fourth infallible imam, grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib
  • 'Ali ibn Musa (ar-Reza), eighth infallible imam
  • 'Ali ibn Muhammad (al-Hadi), tenth infallible imam

Legendary Norse kings

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Entertainment

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Fictional characters

  • Ali (character), a Chinese cartoon character
  • Ali Baba, character described in the adventure tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"
  • Ali Al-Saachez, character in the anime Gundam 00, one of the main antagonists of the show

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna, Marketta Huitu and Pirjo Mikkonen. Etunimet, published in Joka kodin suuri nimikirja. Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho, 1990.
  2. ↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/ali-nimisia_suomalaisia_epaillaan_muslimeiksi_yhdysvaltain_rajalla/6312781 (in Finnish)

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