Meaning of name Eli

The name Eli has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Eli is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 183 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Eli rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 9 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 90 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Eli in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Eli is very likely a(n) Hebrew variant of the name Eliezer. See other suggested Hebrew boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Eliezer.

The following names are baby names related to Eli and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Eli: Boys - Doron, Elliot, Elza, Hosea, Hosie, Jeromy, Matteo, Nissan, Nissim, Oris, Yehuda, Yehudi, Girls - Eliana, Marilou, Sarai, Sariah, Zilpah, Zilpha, Both genders - Dagen, Eden, Jaiden, John

The name Eli is a variant of Eliezer. Other popular variants of the name Eliezer are: Elazar, Eleasar, Eleazaro, Eleazer, Eli, Elie, Elija, Elijah (Hebrew), Elijuah, Eliyahu, Elja, Eljah, Ely, Elyja, Elyjah, Elyjuah

We think the name Eli should fall under the following style category: Traditional.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Eli to be: Dashing, romantic and wealthy

In one word, you might describe Eli as a(n) "dashing" person.

See other "dashing" names for boys.