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What Does ali Mean in Names?

ali means “high, exalted” and comes from Arabic. It appears in 2 published names on this site.

An Arabic adjective meaning high or exalted, best known as the name of Ali ibn Abi Talib. As a name element it appears in compounds such as Alisher.

Origin

Arabic ʿaliyy, from the root ʿ-l-y 'to be high'.

2 ali boy names

  1. Ali

    “high, exalted”
    From Arabic · Turkish, Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azerbaijani, Bashkir
    Boy2 syllablesDocumented

  2. Alisher

    “Ali + lion”
    From Persian (from Arabic and Persian · Uzbek, Azerbaijani
    Boy3 syllablesDocumented

Often combined with

sher (1 name)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary contributors. Wiktionary entry “علي”. Wikimedia Foundation, revision 93523173. Accessed 2026-10-28. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Supports: Arabic adjective high, tall; exalted, lofty; also the given name Ali; Arabic عَلِيّ ‘a male given name, Ali’; Arabic عَلِيّ ‘high, tall’