Eli

EE-lie

Hebrew

"ascended, uplifted, high"

Eli Origin and Meaning

Variation of Elijah

Eli Rank in US Top 1000

# 92 in the US

Eli Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 185 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Eli

• 92 US 2024
• 185 Nameberry 2025
• 69 Canada 2024
• 186 Future 2028
• 135 England 2024
• 159 scotland 2023
• 100 Ireland 2021
• 48 Australia 2024
• 68 New Zealand 2024

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Famous People Named Eli

• Elisha Nelson "Eli" Manning American NFL football player; brother of football players Peyton and Cooper Manning
• Eli Raphael Roth American actor and director
• Eli Whitney American inventor
• Eli Herschel Wallach American actor
• Eli Long American Civil War general
• Eli Charles Daniel Shortridge Americna politician; 3rd governor of North Dakota, USA
• Eli Metcalfe Bruce American Confederate Congressman
• Eli Jones Henkle U.S. Congressman from Maryland
• Eli Thayer U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
• Eli May Saulsbury U.S. Senator from Delaware
• Elijah "Eli" Levi Dale YouTuber from The Dale Tribe family vloggers
• Eli James Vonnegut (b. 1980) son of Mark Vonnegut; grandson of novelist Kurt Vonnegut
• Eli Alistair Stephens (b. 2007) son of actors Toby Stephens and Anna,Louise Plowman
• Eli James Senor (b. 2007) son of TV journalist Campbell Brown and Daniel Samuel Senor
• Eli Samuel Weisman (b. 2008) son of actor Kevin Weisman
• Eli David Lloyd, son of actor Gareth David,Lloyd
• Eli Benjamin Wahl (b. 2010) son of comedienne Rachel Dratch and John Wahl
• Eli Christopher Ivery (b. 2016) son of actress Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery

The name Eli in Pop Culture

• Eli Goldsworthy character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
• Eli Sammler character on TV's "Once and Again"
• Eli Lloyd nurse on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
• Eli Cottonmouth character in movie "Dog Days of Summer"
• Eli character on TV's "Xena: Warrior Princess"
• Eli character in "Not a Drop to Drink" by Mindy McGinnis
• Eli "Weevil" Navarro character on TV's "Veronica Mars"
• Eli David father of Ziva David on TV's "NCIS"
• Eli song by Bosnian Rainbows
• Eli Stone TV Show
• Eli Loker character on TV's 'Lie To Me'
• Eli Yanakakis main protagonist in the Compound novels
• Elijah Leslie "Eli" Pepperjack character in the Netflix series "Trollhunters"
• Eli Cash a character in The Royal Tenenbaums
• Eli Moon character in the anime/manga "Cardcaptors"

International Variations of the name Eli

• Elie French