Älï

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Älï is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country, where it is the most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Ottoman Turkish علی (Ali), from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 92(inferred from the name graph)
  • TRTürkiye1 in 111
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 115

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (measured from records)

736,478 people, 2025

#31 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

6 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
551 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 92 (inferred from the name graph)

Syria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ÄlïLatin(measured from records)
ÄlïArabic(measured from records)
АлиCyrillic(measured from records)
ალიGeorgian(measured from records)
ԱլիArmenian(measured from records)
알리Hangul(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ali in TR Türkiye, SY Syria, EG Egypt and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Älï: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Älï
  1. Ottoman TurkishعلیAli(measured from records)
  2. Arabicعَلِيّʕaliyy(measured from records)

From Ottoman Turkish علی (Ali), from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy).

Sources 13

  • A Handbook of African Names
  • Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
  • Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
  • The African book of names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)

Attested across 30 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Älï counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Älï is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye#1736,4781 in 111736KAli227
NG Nigeria#37≈360,000 est.≈1 in 594—Ali108
EG Egypt#12≈360,000 est.≈1 in 290—Ali222
AF Afghanistan#4≈300,000 est.≈1 in 121—Ali50
SA Saudi Arabia#5≈300,000 est.≈1 in 115—Ali230
SY Syria#4≈210,000 est.≈1 in 92—Ali90
KW Kuwait#4≈25,000 est.≈1 in 121—Ali167

736,478 people counted by TÜİK NIP — most used given names, 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: TÜİK NIP — most used given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Älï is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name78 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Venezuela, United States, Argentina, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ali, Alí, Alì, A'Li, Àli

  • French given name126 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Türkiye, United States

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Ali, Àli, Onela, Alí, Ãlï

  • a separate given name87 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Morocco

    Also written Ali, Alì, Alí, Alī, Ãlï

  • Indonesian given name58 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Türkiye

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Ali, Ali', 'Ali, Àli, Åli

  • Italian given name39 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Türkiye, United Kingdom

    Also written Ali, Alì, Ali', Alí, Àlî

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Älï under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Älï mean, and where does it come from?
From Ottoman Turkish علی (Ali), from Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy). Recorded by A Handbook of African Names and Dizionario dei cognomi italiani and 11 other sources.
Is Älï a male or female name?
Älï is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Älï have the most bearers?
In Türkiye, the national register counted about 736 thousand people named Älï, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ali.
How common is the name Älï?
In Türkiye, the national register counted 736,478 people named Älï in 2025, about 1 in 111 residents.
How common is Älï compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Älï is the most common given name of 264,080 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Älï” — the most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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