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

1. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
3. (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)

1. A student at Yale University.

Synonyms

• Yalie

Etymology 3

Short versions of male given names.

Proper noun

Eli

1. Clipping of Elijah.
2. 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

1. 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

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

Norwegian

Proper noun

Eli

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Heli, from Hebrew עֵלִי.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈli/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛˈli/

Proper noun

Eli m

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