Ali (name)

For other uses, see Ali (disambiguation)

`Alī (Arabic: علي)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 Muhammad. His name is said to be derived from al-`Alī (the [most] high), one of the 99 names of God. Some people say "Ya Ali Medet" - meaning O Ali please help!

other people called Ali:

• Ali ibn Abi l-Rijal, 11th century astrologer
• Ali ibn Ridwan, 11th century astrologer
• Ali ibn Abbas al-Magusi, 11th century physician
• Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari
• 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 boxer, also known as Cassius Clay
• Ali Al-Nasser (born 1974), Los Angeles, California based Korean martial artist
• Sonni Ali
• Lotf Ali Khan
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali
• Muhammad Ali, boxing champion
• Laila Ali, female boxer and daughter of Muhammad Ali
• Mehmet Ali Ağca, Mehmet Ali Agca
• Ali Saleem, Begum Nawazish Ali
• Saleem H. Ali

fictional:

• Ali Baba, a fictional character described in the adventure tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"
• Ali G, a fictional gangaster from Staines, England played by Sacha Baron Cohen, appearing in ''Da Ali G Show'' and Ali G Indahouse.

See also

• Arabic name
• List of Arabic names