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Eli as a name has two different meanings, both originating in the Hebrew Bible.. Eli can be used for males (Hebrew tradition) or females (Scandinavian tradition).Hebrew origin, from Biblical עֵלִי "ascent", spelled with the Hebrew letter ayin in the beginning, the name of Eli, the high priest in the Books of Samuel.
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
In Psalms, they are the opening words of Psalm 22 – in the original Hebrew: אֵלִ֣י אֵ֖לִי לָמָ֣ה עֲזַבְתָּ֑נִי Eli, Eli, lama azavtani, meaning 'My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?'. In the New Testament, the phrase is the only of the seven Sayings of Jesus on the cross that appears in more than one ...
Ali or Eli (Arabic name), a cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the first Imam of shiahs. (There is a quote from Imam Ali "I am called Elya / Alya among Jews, Elia among Christians, Ali for my father, and Haydar for my mother".) [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
It is identical in form and meaning to the Hebrew: עֵלִי, Eli, which goes back to the High Priest Eli in the biblical Books of Samuel. The Ali surname is especially common in Arab countries and the rest of the Muslim world. [1] Ali is the most common last name in Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Somalia, Kuwait and Libya. [2]
Elias on Mount Horeb, as depicted in a Greek Orthodox icon.. Elias (/ ɪ ˈ l aɪ ə s / il-EYE-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἠλίας, romanized: Elías) is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah (Hebrew: אֵלִיָּהוּ, romanized: ʾĒlīyyāhū; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ, romanized: Elyāe; Arabic: إلیاس, romanized: Ilyās, or إلیا, Ilyā), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel ...
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Ellie Roebuck (born 1991), English association footballer; Ellie Simmonds (born 1994), British Paralympic swimmer; Ellie Soutter (2000–2018), British snowboarder; Elli Stai (born 1954), Greek journalist and TV presenter; Elly Stone (1927–2020), American singer and actress; Ellie Taylor (born 1983/1984), English comedian; Elly de Waard (born ...