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Around the globe, Ely (Ely , אלי , エリー , and others...) is a common unisex given name. The first name Ely is characteristic of Bolivia, where it is quite a common primarily girly, but very infrequently boy's name, Mauritania, where it is quite a common masculine name, and Guatemala, where it is quite a common unisex name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Indonesia, Philippines, and Brazil. Much less frequently, Ely is the last name as well as the forename.
Ely is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Ely | Indonesia, Philippines, Brazil, Bolivia, United States |
אלי | Israel |
エリー | Japan |
Эли | Ukraine, Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
埃利 | China |
إلي | Egypt, Iraq |
Элий | Kazakhstan, Russia |
Ely is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Eli Ayase , the fictional character from Love Live! School Idol Project; Ely S. Parker , the operatic character in the opera Appomattox by Philip Glass; Eli "Weevil" Navarro , the fictional human, Veronica Mars; Liquid Snake , the fictional character from the Metal Gear series and Eli Wallace , the fictional character from Stargate Universe, and in many other works.