Ali

AL-ee or ah-LEE

Short form of Alison or Alice or Arabic

"supreme, exalted"

Ali Origin and Meaning

The name Ali is a girl's name of Swahili origin meaning "supreme, exalted".

One of the sweet simple unisex names balanced enough to stand on its own.

Ali can either be used as a shortening of Al- beginning names. For example, comedian Ali Wong is an Alexandra.

Ali is also an Arabic name in its own right. It is one of the ninety-nine attributes of Allah, deemed by Muhammad to be a recommended name for a male child.

Ali Rank in US Top 1000

# 865 in the US

Ali Popularity

• 901 Unique 2021

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Famous People Named Ali

• Elizabeth Alice "Ali" MacGraw American actress
• Alexandra "Ali" Wong American actress/comedian
• Ali Germaine Landry American model/actress
• Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter American actress
• Alexandra Blaire "Ali" Krieger American soccer player
• Aliana Taylor "Ali" Lohan American model and sister of actress Lindsay Lohan
• Alison "Ali" Hewson Irish wife of singer Bono of U2
• Alexandra Nicole "Ali" Michael American fashion model
• Alexis "Ali" Wallace American beauty queen; Miss Oregon 2015
• Alexandra Lowe "Ali" Riley New Zealand footballer
• Ali stage name of Cho Yong,jin, South Korean pop singer
• Ali Canadian YouTuber of channel girloftheyearstudios
• Ali Weinberg (b. 1987) daughter of drummer Max Weinberg of the E Street Band
• Aliannah Hope 'Ali' Simms (b. 2009) daughter of reality TV personalities Leah Messer and Corey Simms ("Teen Mom 2"); twin of sister Aleeah Grace
• Ali El Mechri (b. 2013) daughter of actress Virginie Efira and director Mabrouk El Mechri

Ali in Pop Culture

• Alison Lauren "Ali" DiLaurentis character in the Pretty Little Liars series
• Ali Devon character from TV's "Call Me Fitz"