Eli

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eli"

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈilaɪ/

Etymology 1

From Hebrew עֵלִי (“ascent”); cognate to the Arabic-derived Ali.

Proper noun

Eli

A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
(biblical) The priest who brought up Samuel.

Translations

male given name

Arabic: عالي m
Egyptian Arabic: عالى
Breton: Eli m
Catalan: Elí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 以利 (Yǐlì)
Czech: Élí
Esperanto: Eli
Finnish: Eeli (fi)
French: Éli (fr) m
German: Eli
Greek:
Ancient Greek: Ηλί m (Ēlí)
Hebrew: אֵלִי m (Eli), עֵלִי (he) m (Eli)
Indonesian: Eli
Interlingua: Eli m
Italian: Eli (it)
Japanese: エリ m
Korean: 엘리 m (elli)
Latin: Hēlī m
Malagasy: Ely m
Persian: عیلی m
Portuguese: Eli m
Russian: Илий m (Ilij)
Tibetan: ཨེ་ལི། m (e li)
Ukrainian: Ілій m (Ilij)
Urdu: عیلی ('elī)

the priest who brought up Samuel

Finnish: Eeli (fi)
Hebrew: עֵלִי (he) m (Eli)
Portuguese: Eli m
Spanish: Elí m
Yiddish: אלי m (Eli)

Etymology 2

From the name of Elihu Yale.

Noun

Eli (plural Elis)

A student at Yale University.

Synonyms

Yalie

Etymology 3

Short versions of male given names.

Proper noun

Eli

Clipping of Elijah.
Clipping of Elisha.

Anagrams

EIL, lie, ile-, Lie, LIE, Ile, -ile, -lie, lei, Lei., Lei, %ile, ile

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːliː/

Proper noun

Eli m

a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

son of Eli: Elisson
daughter Eli: Elisdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Eli
accusative	Eli
dative	Eli
genitive	Elis

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Hēlī, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew עלי.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.li/
Rhymes: -ɛli
Hyphenation: È‧li

Proper noun

Eli m

a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Eli

Norwegian

Proper noun

Eli

a female given name, a popular short form of Elin (Helen)

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈe.li/

Proper noun

Eli m

a male given name

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Heli, from Hebrew עֵלִי.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈli/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛˈli/

Proper noun

Eli m

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Eli
(biblical) Eli (priest who brought up Samuel)