Ali (name)
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- For other uses, see Ali (disambiguation)
Ali is a male Theophoric Arabic name, derived from the Arabic root `-l-y which means "high". The first person to be given this name was Ali ibn Abu Talib, the Islamic leader and cousin with prophet Muhammad. His name is said to be derived from "al-Ali" (the [most] high), one of the 99 names of God.
Ali as a given name or a surname can be associated with:
- Ali ibn Abu Talib, Islamic leader who lived in the seventh century
- Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari
- Ali G, a satirical character invented by the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen
- Ali I of Yejju (died 1788), an Ethiopian leader
- Ali II of Yejju (c. 1819–c. 1866), an Ethiopian leader
- Ali Mahafzah
- Muhammad Ali (born 1942), the great boxer, also known as Cassius Clay
- Ali (rapper), a hip-hop artist
- Onela (Old Norse: Áli), a legendary Swedish king
- Alison, or Alyson, or Allyson, or Allison as a nickname
- Ali Al-Nasser (born 1974), Los Angeles, California based Korean martial artist
- Ali MacGraw (born 1938), an American female model and actor
As a family name:
- Sonni Ali - not a Muslim
- Lotf Ali Khan
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
