Aly
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A diminutive of the female given name Alison, Alyssa, or Alexandra
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈeɪɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aly is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country.
- EGEgypt≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 86K
- GNGuinea≈1 in 463
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.
- Egypt (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 237 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 463 (inferred from the name graph)
≈49,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Guinea, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of the female given name Alison, Alyssa, or Alexandra.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aly 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | #255 | ≈49,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Aly | 183 |
| GN Guinea | — | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 463 | 6 | — | — |
| SN Senegal | — | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 594 | 26 | — | 6 |
| US United States | — | 3,854 | 1 in 86K | 2.6K | Aly | 237 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 27K | 1.1K | — | 2 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈790 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Aly | 91 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Aly | 42 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); DGE — Liste provisoire des candidatures communales Conakry 2026. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Aly is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Arabic name from ʿAlī 'high, exalted'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, from Arabic ʿali 'high, exalted'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In cdo, a spade, a shovel, to cut and pare, to level (#])
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In enm, alternative form of holy (“sacred”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, obsolete spelling of ali
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alib. 599SAnot in their usual name4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam
- Muhammad Alib. 1769GRnot in their usual nameWali of Egypt and Sudan (1769–1849)
- Muhammad Ali Bograb. 1909PKnot in their usual namePrime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 to 1955
- Ali Hassan Mwinyib. 1925TZnot in their usual nameTanzanian statesman (1925–2024)
- Adonisb. 1930SYnot in their usual nameSyrian poet, writer and translator (born 1930)
- Imam Khameneib. 1939IRnot in their usual nameSupreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
- Ali Abdullah Salehb. 1947YEnot in their usual namePresident of North Yemen (1978–1990) and Yemen (1990–2012)
- Ali Larijanib. 1958IRnot in their usual nameIranian politician and military officer (1958–2026)
- Ali Bongo Ondimbab. 1959GAnot in their usual namePresident of Gabon (2009–2023)
- Ali Larterb. 1976USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and model (born 1976)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 84 sources across 44 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.6K | #4,714 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.3K | #4,714 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 1.1K | #604 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 40 | — |
| SN Senegal | DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024) | 2024 | 26 | #45 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 14 | — |
| GN Guinea | DGE — Liste provisoire des candidatures communales Conakry 2026 | 2026 | 6 | #10 |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Aly mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of the female given name Alison, Alyssa, or Alexandra. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Aly?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈeɪɫi/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- Is Aly a male or female name?
- Aly is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Aly have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 49 thousand people named Aly in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aly.
- How common is the name Aly?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,854 people named Aly in 2020, about 1 in 86 thousand residents.
- How common is Aly compared with other names?
- In Egypt, Aly is the 255th most common given name of 107,792 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/alyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Aly” — the 255th most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.