Gender:
Origin:
English,
Hebrew
405 famous people named Eli found on Wikipedia.
121154 male, 770 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
58-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
43-th in year 2013
Used in: Biblical, Danish, English, Hebrew, Norwegian, Spanish
Eli is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, from Biblical עֵלִי "ascent", the name of Eli, the high priest in the Books of Samuel. It came to be used as a given name among the Puritans in the 17th century and was by them taken to the American colonies.
Alternatively, Eli may be an unrelated abbreviation of Hebrew names such as Elijah, Elisha, Eliezer, Elimelech, etc., all containing the element אלי, meaning "my God".
In the United States, the popularity of the given name Eli was hovering around rank 200 in the 1880s. It declined gradually during the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries, falling below rank 700 in 1964. In a significant revival of the name's popularity in the early 1970s, it bounced back above rank 400 in 1976. Its popularity has continued to grow since then, entering the top 100 masculine given names in the 2000s, and ranking as 43rd most popular given name as of 2013.
Eli and Elin are also short forms for the feminine name Helena used in Scandinavia.
Masc. proper name, in Old Testament, the name of a high priest of Israel, teacher of Samuel, from Hebrew, literally "high."
Eli is the name of the high priest in the Books of Samuel. Means: ascend, my God in Hebrew.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Eli Manning | 1981 | American football player, quarterback |
2 | Eli Roth | 1972 | American actor and film director |
3 | Eli Wallach | 1915 | American film, television and stage actor |
4 | Eli Whitney | 1765 | American inventor |
5 | Eli Apple | 1995 | |
6 | Shaun Ricker | 1982 | American professional wrestler |
7 | Eli Goree | 2000 | |
8 | Eli Marienthal | 1986 | American actor |
9 | Eli Broad | 1933 | American businessperson |
10 | Eli Craig | 1972 | American actor and director |
11 | Eli Kim | 1991 | Korean musician |
12 | Eli Rogers | 1992 | |
13 | Eli Lieb | 1979 | American pop singer-songwriter |
14 | Eli Dingle | ||
15 | Eli Gold | 1953 | American sportscaster |
16 | Eli M. Black | 1921 | American businessman |
17 | Eli Elezra | 1960 | Poker player |
18 | Eli Pariser | 1980 | American activist; chief executive of Upworthy |
19 | Eli Harold | 1994 | American football player |
20 | Eli Lake | 1972 | American journalist |
21 | Eli Babalj | 1992 | Australian soccer player |
22 | Eli Cross | 1967 | American pornographic film director |
23 | Eli "Paperboy" Reed | 1983 | Soul/Pop singer-songwriter and guitarist |
24 | Eli Fara | 1967 | Singer |
25 | Eli Asser | 1922 | Dutch playwright, journalist, songwriter and copywriter |
26 | Eli Bard | ||
27 | Eli Whiteside | 1979 | American baseball catcher |
28 | Elisabeth Wasserscheid | 1978 | German actress |
29 | Eli Mattson | 1981 | American musician |
30 | Eli Danker | 1948 | Actor |
31 | Eli Ohana | 1964 | Israeli football player and manager |
32 | Beatrice Eli | 1987 | Swedish singer |
33 | Eli Bowen | 1844 | American circus performer |
34 | Eli Dasa | 1992 | Israeli footballer |
35 | Eli Tomac | 1992 | |
36 | Eli Holzman | 1974 | American television producer and writer |
37 | Eli Walker | 1992 | Rugby player |
38 | Eli Ben-Menachem | 1947 | Israeli politician |
39 | Eli Attie | American speechwriter | |
40 | Eli Jaxon-Bear | 1947 | American spiritual teacher |
41 | Eli Terry | 1772 | American clockmaker |
42 | Eli Lilly | 1885 | American businessman |
43 | Eli Marrero | 1973 | Baseball player |
44 | Eli "Weevil" Navarro | Fictional human | |
45 | Eli Meltzer | 1979 | American rapper |
46 | Eli Yishai | 1962 | Israeli politician |
47 | Eli Corrêa | 1952 | |
48 | Eli Wallace | ||
49 | Eli Somer | 1951 | Israeli Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Haifa, School of Social Work |
50 | Eli Janney | American record producer | |
51 | Eli Heckscher | 1879 | Swedish historianand economist |
52 | Eli Biham | 1960 | Israeli cryptologist |
53 | Eli Erlick | 1995 | LGBTQ Activist |
54 | Eli Guttman | 1958 | Israeli football manager |
55 | Eli Rosenbaum | 1955 | American Nazi hunter |
56 | Eli Ben-Dahan | 1954 | Israeli politician |
57 | Eli Sabiá | 1988 | Brazilian footballer and manager |
58 | Eli Marom | 1955 | Israeli general |
59 | Eli Capilouto | 1949 | American academic and dentist |
60 | Eli | ||
61 | Eli Dershwitz | 1995 | American fencer |
62 | Eli Ruckenstein | 1925 | American chemist |
63 | Eli Yablonovitch | 1946 | American physicist |
64 | Eli Ostreicher | 1984 | American businessman |
65 | Eli Gabay | Canadian actor | |
66 | Eli Woods | 1923 | English comedian and comic actor |
67 | Eli Jacobs | 1937 | American baseball executive |
68 | Bobby Eli | 1956 | American musician |
69 | Eli Thayer | 1819 | American politician |
70 | Eli Corrêa Filho | 1976 | |
71 | Eli Zeira | 1928 | Head of Aman |
72 | Eli Siegel | 1902 | Latvian-American poet, philosopher |
73 | Eli Thompson | 1973 | American skydiver |
74 | Eli Boggs | American pirates | |
75 | Eli Reed | 1946 | American photographer |
76 | Eli Saslow | 1982 | American journalist |
77 | Eli Kulp | ||
78 | Eli Hahury | 1952 | Dutch criminal (1952-1978) |
79 | Eli Northrup | 1984 | |
80 | Eli Amir | 1937 | Israeli writer/civil servant |
81 | Diego Eli | 1988 | Brazilian footballer |
82 | Eli Maor | 1937 | Israeli mathematician |
83 | Eli Bebout | 1946 | American politician and businessman |
84 | John Richmond | Former American professional wrestler | |
85 | Eli Templeton | 1995 | Australian rules footballer |
86 | Eli Whitney Blake | 1795 | American inventor |
87 | Eli Herring | 1969 | Player of American football |
88 | Eli Verschleiser | 1974 | American Real Estate Investor |
89 | Eli Smith | 1801 | American missionary |
90 | Eli Suarez | 1978 | Argentinian musician |
91 | Eli P. Ashmun | 1770 | American politician |
92 | Eli Berman | 1960 | American economist |
93 | Eli Whitney Debevoise II | 1953 | American banker |
94 | Eli Geva | 1950 | Israeli brigade commander |
95 | Eli Kristin Hanssveen | 1973 | Norwegian singer |
96 | Eli James | 1982 | American musician |
97 | Eli Whitney Debevoise | 1899 | American lawyer |
98 | Eli Grba | 1934 | American baseball player |
99 | Eli Bauer | 1928 | Cartoonist |
100 | Eli Lotar | 1905 | French photographer |
101 | Eli Göndör | 1958 | Swedish journalist |
102 | Eli Gerstner | 1980 | American musician |
103 | Eli Mintz | 1904 | American actor |
104 | Eli Baker | 2001 | American actor |
105 | Eli Houston Murray | 1843 | Governor of Utah Territory between 1880 and 1886 |
106 | Billy Eli | 1962 | American singer |
107 | Eli H. Janney | 1831 | American mechanical engineer |
108 | Eli Noam | 1946 | Professor of Finance and Economics at the Columbia Business School |
109 | Eli L. Whiteley | 1913 | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient |
110 | Eli Noyes | 1946 | Animator |
111 | Eli Alaluf | 1945 | Israeli politician |
112 | Eli Zaret | American journalist | |
113 | Eli Degibri | 1978 | Israeli musician |
114 | Eli Coimbra | 1942 | Brazilian journalist (1942-1998) |
115 | Eli M. Saulsbury | 1817 | American politician |
116 | Eli Gottlieb | American novelist | |
117 | Eli Mandel | 1922 | Canadian writer |
118 | Eli Ginzberg | 1911 | American academic |
119 | Eli Zizov | 1991 | Israeli footballer |
120 | Eli Hirsch | American philosopher | |
121 | Eli Suissa | 1956 | Israeli politician |
122 | Eli Whitney Blake, Jr. | 1836 | American academic |
123 | Eli Beeding | 1928 | American test pilots |
124 | Eli Abbott | 1869 | American college football coach, college baseball coach |
125 | Eli Strand | 1943 | American football player |
126 | Eli Coleman | 1948 | Sexologist |
127 | Eli K. Cole | 1867 | American Marine Corps general |
128 | Eli Thomas Reich | 1913 | United States Navy Vice Admiral |
129 | Eli Evankovich | 1982 | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
130 | Eli C. D. Shortridge | 1830 | American politician |
131 | Eli Langer | 1967 | Canadian artist |
132 | Eli Beer | 1973 | American activist; founder of United Hatzalah |
133 | Eli Pasquale | 1960 | Canadian basketball player |
134 | Eli Eban | Israeli-American musician | |
135 | Eli Barbur | 1948 | |
136 | Roger Eli | 1965 | English footballer |
137 | Eli Bartra | 1947 | Mexican philosopher |
138 | Eli Yatzpan | 1965 | Israeli entertainer |
139 | Eli Eduardo de Gortari | 1918 | Mexican philosopher and engineer |
140 | Eli Segal | 1943 | American businessman |
141 | Eli Shukron | 2000 | Israeli archaeologist |
142 | Eli Balas | 1955 | American poker player |
143 | Eli Long | 1837 | Union Army general |
144 | Eli Kassner | 1924 | Canadian classical guitarist |
145 | Eli Shamir | Computer scientist | |
146 | Eli Sharvit | ||
147 | Eli Izhakoff | American businessperson | |
148 | Eli Moschcowitz | 1879 | American physician |
149 | Eli Aflalo | 1952 | Politician |
150 | Eli Landa | 1984 | Norwegian model |
151 | Eli Todd | 1769 | American psychiatrist |
152 | Eli Levén | 1984 | Swedish writer |
153 | Eli Finish | 1975 | Israeli actor |
154 | Eli Franklin Burton | 1879 | Canadian physicist |
155 | Eli Dayan | 1949 | Israeli politician |
156 | Eli Ayers | 1778 | American physician |
157 | Eli Heimans | 1861 | Dutch Jewish educator and conservationist |
158 | Eli Sagan | 1927 | American businessman |
159 | Eli Elbaz | 1992 | Israeli footballer |
160 | Eli Avikzar | 1947 | |
161 | Eli Cook | 1814 | Mayor of the city of Buffalo, New York |
162 | Eli Eshed | 1965 | Writer |
163 | Eli Salzberger | 1960 | Israeli legal scholar |
164 | Eli El-Chantiry | 1957 | Canadian politician |
165 | Eli Hurvitz | 1970 | Businessperson |
166 | Eli Upfal | 1954 | Israeli computer scientist |
167 | Eli Fuchs | 1924 | Israeli footballer |
168 | Eli Heil | 1929 | Brazilian painter |
169 | Look Tin Eli | Chinese banker | |
170 | Eli Wilner | 1956 | American art collector |
171 | Eli Goodman | 1971 | American actor |
172 | Eli Jones | 1850 | Herbalist |
173 | Eli D. Hoyle | 1851 | United States general |
174 | Eli Tene | 1963 | Co-founder of Peak Corporate Network |
175 | Eli Keszler | American composer | |
176 | Eli Fischer-Jørgensen | 1911 | Linguist |
177 | Eli B. Ames | 1820 | American lawyer and politician |
178 | Eli Bremer | 1978 | American modern pentathlete |
179 | Eli Baruch Shulman | 1959 | American rabbi |
180 | Eli Friedman | 1933 | American physician |
181 | Eli Ilan | 1928 | Canadian artist |
182 | Eli Carter | 1991 | |
183 | Eli Cohen | 1961 | Israeli footballer |
184 | Eli Fletcher | 1889 | English footballer |
185 | Eli P. Clark | 1847 | |
186 | Eli Robins | 1921 | American psychiatrist |
187 | Eli Metcalfe Bruce | 1828 | Philanthropist and a Representative from Kentucky in the First and Second Confederate Congresses |
188 | Eli M. Pearce | 1929 | |
189 | Eli Avidar | 1964 | Israeli businessman |
190 | Eli Benneweis | 1911 | |
191 | Eli Hagen | 1947 | Norwegian politician |
192 | Eli Snyman | 1996 | Zimbabwe-born South African rugby union player |
193 | Eli Harvey | 1860 | Sculptor |
194 | Eli Driks | 1964 | Israeli footballer |
195 | Eli Iserbyt | 1997 | Belgian cyco-cross cyclist |
196 | Eli Garner | 1991 | American soccer player |
197 | Eli Ríos | 1976 | |
198 | Eli Perry | 1799 | American politician |
199 | Eli Landsem | 1962 | Association football player |
200 | Eli Waldron | 1916 | American journalist |