Eli (first name)
Eli is a Hebrew-Jewish, English and Kurdish ( Kirmancki ) male given name of Hebrew origin. It is also a short form of the female first name Elisabeth .
In Islam, he is considered a possible paraphrase of Ali , the 1st Imam and 4th Caliph of Islam. At the same time, Eli is a paraphrase of Âli , one of the 99 names of Allah , which is derived from the ancient oriental deity El . El can be found for the first time in the Stone Age and has been worshiped for thousands of years (see Sumerians and marginal peoples). The Israelite tribes also knew this name of God, but mostly they used the plural form Elohim . The description 'Ezra El' (Israel), 'may El rule', also goes back to it. El followers can still be found in today's Turkey ( Alevis ) and in the wider Middle East.
origin
The German spelling Eli can initially be understood as a short form of Hebrew אליהו ( eliahu , German My God is Jahwe ). A short form of Elieser or Elias is also possible.
The name of the priest Eli , who is mentioned for the first time in the first book of Samuel in the Bible , must be distinguished from this. This name is derived from the Hebrew על ( ʿal , German high ) and can be translated as "increase". It may also mean "God is exalted".
Name bearer
Historic time
- Mehemet Eli , first Muslim of Islam and at the same time 4th Caliph of the Sunnis and 1st Imam of the Shiites
- Eli ibn Chajim (Eli ben Hayim, Elia ibn Chaim etc .; * 1532; † around 1606), Jewish scholar
- Eli Palombo , Scholar and Grand Rabbi of Constantinople
First name
- Eli (singer) (* 1998 as Elias Breit), German singer-songwriter
- Eli Aflalo (* 1952), Israeli politician (Kadima)
- Eli Alaluf (* 1945), Israeli politician (Kulanu)
- Eli Alon (* 1945), Israeli anesthesiologist
- Eli Amir (* 1937), Israeli writer
- Eli P. Ashmun (1770-1819), American politician (federalist)
- Eli Balas (* 1955/56), American poker player
- Eli Ben-Dahan (* 1954), Israeli politician (haBajit haJehudi)
- Eli Ben-Menachem (* 1947), Israeli politician and member of the Knesset
- Eli Biham , Israeli cryptology expert
- Eli Whitney Blake, Sr. (1795–1886), American entrepreneur and inventor
- Eli Whitney Blake, Jr. (1836–1895), American physicist
- Eli Broad (* 1933), American art patron
- Eli Metcalfe Bruce (1828–1866), American philanthropist and politician
- Eli Bush , film producer
- Eli Cohen (1924–1965), Israeli spy.
- Eli Cohen (politician, 1972), Israeli politician (Kulanu)
- Eli Craig (* 1972), American director and actor
- Eli Danker (* 1948), Israeli actor
- Eli Dayan (* 1949), Israeli politician (Avoda)
- Eli Degibri (* 1978), Israeli jazz musician and saxophonist
- Eli Elezra (* 1960), Israeli-American poker player
- Eli Evans (1805–1882), German entrepreneur and politician
- Eli Fohorai-Boot (* 1945), East Timorese guerrillero and politician
- Eli Freud (1914-2010), Israeli musician and composer.
- Eli Friedlander (* 1960), Israeli philosopher
- Eli Goree , Canadian actor
- Eli Greenbaum (* 1974), American herpetologist and evolutionary biologist
- Eli von Haber (1807-1881), German doctor and politician (left center)
- Eli Heckscher (1879–1952), Swedish economic historian and economist
- Eli Iserbyt (* 1997), Belgian cyclist
- Eli Jischai (* 1962), Israeli politician (Schas)
- Eli Janney (1831-1912), American inventor.
- Eli Katz (1926–2000), American comic artist (known as Gil Kane )
- Eli Jones Henkle (1828-1893), American politician
- Eli Lilly (1838–1898), American officer, chemist and entrepreneur
- Eli Lotar (1905–1969), French photographer and cameraman
- Eli Mambwe (* 1982), Zambian badminton player
- Eli Manning (born 1981), American football player
- Eli Maor (* 1937), Israeli mathematician and author
- Eli Marcus (1854–1935), German writer and actor
- Eli Marienthal (* 1986), American actor and voice actor
- Eli Marom (* 1955), Israeli Rear Admiral
- Eli Moschcowitz (1879–1964), American doctor and university professor
- Eli Houston Murray (1843-1896), American politician (Republican)
- Eli Noyes (* 1942), American graphic artist and director
- Eli Oosterhuis (* 1977), Israeli ice hockey player
- Eli Pariser (* 1980), American activist and entrepreneur
- Eli Perry (1799–1881), American politician (Democrat)
- Anker Eli Petersen (* 1959), Faroese graphic artist
- Eli Reed (photographer) (born 1946), American photographer
- Eli Reed (musician) (* 1983), American musician
- Eli Rosenbaum (* 1955), American civil servant and lawyer
- Eli Roth (* 1972), American director, screenwriter, producer and actor
- Eli Ruckenstein (* 1925), American chemical engineer.
- Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), American politician (Democrat)
- Eli Sims Shorter (1823–1879), American politician (Democrat)
- Eli Shortridge (1830-1908), American politician (populist)
- Eli Shukron , Israeli archaeologist
- Eli Smith (painter) (born 1955), Faroese painter
- Eli T. Stackhouse (1824-1892), American politician (Democrat)
- Eli Sternberg (1917–1988), Austrian-American engineering scientist
- Eli Thayer (1819–1899), American politician (Republican)
- Eli Thompson (1973-2009), American skydiver
- Eli Walker (* 1970), American biathlete
- Eli Wallace (* ≈1985), American jazz pianist
- Eli Wallach (1915-2014), American actor
- Eli Whitney (1765–1825), American inventor and manufacturer, is considered to be the founder of the replacement building
- Eli Yablonovitch (* 1946), American physicist
- Eli Yale (1649–1721), Welsh-English merchant and philanthropist
- Eli Zizov (* 1991), Israeli soccer player
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- Eli Fara (* 1967), Albanian singer
- Eli Fischer-Jørgensen (1911-2010), Danish linguist
- Eli Landsem (* 1962), Norwegian soccer player
- Eli Merete Melheim (* 1974), Norwegian biathlete
- Eli Wasserscheid (* 1978), German actress