Ali

AL-ee or ah-LEE

Short form of Alison or Alice or Arabic

"supreme, exalted"

By Sophie Kihm

Updated Thu Mar 27 2025

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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.

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Famous People Named Ali

Elizabeth Alice "Ali" MacGraw
American actress
Alexandra "Ali" Wong
American actress/comedian
Ali Germaine Landry
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Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter
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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
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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

The name Ali in Pop Culture

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

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