Throughout the world, Elij (Elij 
, Элий 
) is a rare gender-neutral first name. The given name Elij is characteristic of Russia, where it is a very rare boy's name, and India, where it is a very rare principally girly, but very seldom boy's name. Much less frequently, Elij is the last name as well as the forename.
Elij is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ali , the character from the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo"; Ali , the fictional character from the television series Legends of Tomorrow; Ali Mills , the fictional character from the 1984 film The Karate Kid; Prince Ali Ababwa , the alter ego of Aladdin from Disney's Aladdin series and Ali Kerim Bey , character in From Russia with Love, among other works.