Eli (name)
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The given name Eli has several origins. All masculine names are derived from Hebrew
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Eli can also be a feminine name, a Nordic short form of Helena
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People with this name include:
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
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- with spelling , a reference to Eli, the high priest in the Books of SamuelBooks of SamuelThe Books of Samuel in the Jewish bible are part of the Former Prophets, , a theological history of the Israelites affirming and explaining the Torah under the guidance of the prophets.Samuel begins by telling how the prophet Samuel is chosen by...
. Traditional English-speaking Christian uses of the name are generally based on this Eli. The usual pronunciation is ˈiːlaɪ. - with spelling , an abbreviation of Elijah, ElishaElishaElisha is a prophet mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eliseus via Greek and Latin, or Alyasa via Arabic.-Biblical biography:...
, EliezerEliezerFor the mathematician and Tamil activist see C.J. Eliezer; for the AI researcher and writer on rationality see Eliezer Yudkowsky; for the Levite priest of the Hebrew Bible, see Eleazar...
, ElhananElhananElhanan may refer to:* The biblical Elhanan son of Dodo, mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:24 and 1 Chronicles 11:26, one of King David's elite fighters known as The Thirty....
or Elimelech. - with spelling , an independent Hebrew name meaning "My God."
Eli can also be a feminine name, a Nordic short form of Helena
Helena
-First name:*Helena , Roman mother of Emperor Constantine*Helena, wife of Julian , Roman daughter of Emperor Constantine*Helena...
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People with this name include:
Males
- Eli AmirEli Amir-External links:...
Israeli writer and peace activist - Eli BeboutEli BeboutEli Daniel Bebout is a veteran Wyoming politician and a member of the Wyoming State Senate. He represents District 26 from Riverton, the seat of Fremont County in the central portion of his state. A Republican, Bebout is a former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, Speaker of the...
, (born 1946), Wyoming politician - Eli BeedingEli BeedingEli Lackland Beeding Jr. was a U.S. Air Force captain and rocket test subject. In 1958, a series experiments using a miniature rocket sled began at Holloman AFB under the supervision of Colonel John Paul Stapp and Captain Beeding...
, U.S. Air Force captain and rocket test subject - Eli BihamEli BihamEli Biham is an Israeli cryptographer and cryptanalyst, currently a professor at the Technion Israeli Institute of Technology Computer Science department. Starting from October 2008, Biham is the dean of the Technion Computer Science department, after serving for two years as chief of CS graduate...
, , Israeli cryptographer - Eli M. BlackEli M. BlackE. M. Black was a Jewish-American businessman who controlled the United Brands Company. His son, Leon Black, is a founding member of private equity firm Apollo Management.-Early life:...
, (Elihu), (1921–1975) American businessman - Eli Whitney BlakeEli Whitney BlakeEli Whitney Blake, Sr. was an American inventor, best known for his mortise lock and stone-crushing machine, the latter of which earned him a place into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.-Biography:...
, two different American inventors (father and son) - Eli BroadEli BroadEli Broad is an American businessman from Detroit, Michigan who resides in Los Angeles, California.-Life and career:An only child, Broad was born in the Bronx to Lithuanian Jewish immigrant parents. His father was a housepainter, his mother was a dressmaker. His family moved to Detroit when he...
(born 1933) American billionaire, philanthropist, art collector - Eli Metcalfe BruceEli Metcalfe BruceEli Metcalfe Bruce was a philanthropist and a Representative from Kentucky in the First and Second Confederate Congresses. He was the principle financier of the Confederate government of Kentucky during the Civil War.-Early life:Eli Metcalfe Bruce was born near Flemingsburg, Kentucky, the son...
(1828–1866) philanthropist, financier and politician from Kentucky - Eli Franklin BurtonEli Franklin BurtonEli Franklin Burton, was a Canadian physicist.Burton was born in Green River, township of Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1901. From 1904 to 1906 he studied colloids with J. J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, writing...
, (1879–1948), Canadian physicist - Eli CohenEli CohenEli Cohen was an Israeli spy. He is best known for his work in Syria, where he developed close relationships with the political and military hierarchy and became the Chief Adviser to the Minister of Defense. He was eventually exposed and executed in Syria in 1965...
, (1965 – 1924), Israeli spy - Eli HeckscherEli HeckscherEli Filip Heckscher was a Swedish political economist and economic historian.-Biography:...
, (1879–1952) Swedish economist - Eli Jones HenkleEli Jones HenkleEli Jones Henkle was a U.S. Congressman from the fifth district of Maryland, serving three terms from 1875—1881....
, (1825 — 1893), U.S. Congressman from Maryland - Eli HurvitzEli HurvitzEli Hurvitz was an Israeli industrialist. He was the Chairman of the Board and former CEO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries at the time of his death .-Biography:...
(born 1932), Israeli industrialist - Eli H. JanneyEli H. JanneyEli H. Janney , aka Eli Hamilton Janney or simply Eli Janney, was the inventor of the modern knuckle coupler that replaced link and pin couplers on North American railroads....
, (1831–1912), engineer, confederate soldier - Eli LangerEli LangerEli Langer is a Canadian visual artist. Langer rose to prominence in 1993, while 26 years old, in the Toronto art world with a solo exhibition at the Mercer Union Gallery in Toronto. The exhibition consisted of 8 paintings and 50 drawings addressing various issues of childhood sexuality...
, Canadian artist - Eli LillyEli LillyEli Lilly was the founder of Eli Lilly and Company.Eli Lilly may also refer to:* Eli Lilly and Company, a global pharmaceutical company...
(1838–1898) American soldier, pharmaceutical chemist, and industrialist, founder of Eli Lilly and Company - Eli Lilly (industrialist)Eli Lilly (industrialist)Eli Lilly was a pharmaceutical industrialist and philanthropist from Indiana, United States.- Business :Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Eli Lilly was President of Eli Lilly and Company. He was named for his grandfather, Colonel Eli Lilly, who founded the family business...
, (1885–1977) American industrialist, grandson of the Colonel - Eli LongEli LongEli Long was a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:Long was born on June 16, 1837 in Woodford County, Kentucky, and graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute in 1855. In 1856, he was appointed second lieutenant in the 1st U.S...
, (1837–1903), General in the Union Army in the American Civil War - Eli ManningEli ManningEli Nelson Manning is an American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He is the younger brother of NFL quarterback Peyton Manning and the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning...
, (Elisha), (born 1981) American football player - Eli NoamEli NoamEli M. Noam is a professor of Finance and Economics at the Columbia Business School. He has written over 400 articles and has authored, edited, and co-edited about 25 books. Noam is married to Nadine Strossen, the former National President of ACLU.-Education:Noam attended Harvard University, where...
, (born 1946) professor at Columbia University - Eli OhanaEli OhanaEli Ohana is a former Israeli football player and later a manager. He is currently the manager of the Israel U21 team. He is considered to be one of the greatest Israeli players ever.-Early life and playing career:...
, , Israeli football player - Eli M. ObolerEli M. ObolerEli M. Oboler was head librarian at the Idaho State University library, later Eli M. Oboler Library from 1949 to 1980. He was also a member of the Idaho Library Association and the Pacific Northwest Library Association, and served as president for both organizations.Oboler held degrees from both...
(1915–1983) librarian, Idaho State University and writer - Eli Thomas ReichEli Thomas ReichVice Admiral Eli Thomas Reich was a highly-decorated United States Navy officer and World War II submarine commander — the only one to sink a battleship during the war...
(1913–1999) US Vice Admiral - Eli RothEli RothEli Raphael Roth is an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He is known for his role as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds for which he won both a SAG Award and a BFCA Critic's Choice Award...
(born 1972) American film director - Eli M. SaulsburyEli M. SaulsburyEli May Saulsbury was a lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Senator from Delaware....
(1817–1893) U.S. Senator from Delaware - Eli C. D. ShortridgeEli C. D. ShortridgeEli C. D. Shortridge was an American politician who was the third Governor of North Dakota from 1893 to 1895. Eli C. D...
, (1830–1908), Governor of North Dakota - Eli SiegelEli SiegelEli Siegel was the poet and critic who founded the philosophy Aesthetic Realism in 1941. He wrote the award-winning poem, "Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana", two highly acclaimed volumes of poetry, a critical consideration of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw titled James and the Children,...
(1902–1978), Latvian-American poet, critic and philosopher - Eli TerryEli TerryEli Terry Sr. was an inventor and clockmaker in Connecticut. He received a United States patent for a shelf clock mechanism. He introduced mass production to the art of clockmaking, which made clocks affordable for the average American citizen...
(1772–1852) inventor and clockmaker in Connecticut - Eli ThayerEli ThayerEli Thayer was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. Thayer was born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1840, from Brown University in 1845, and in 1848 founded Oread Institute, a school for young women in Worcester, Massachusetts...
, (1819–1899), member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts - Eli Todd TappanEli Todd TappanEli Todd Tappan was an American educator, mathematician, author, lawyer and newspaper editor who served as president of Kenyon College, among other public distinctions...
(1824–1888) American educator, mathematician, author, lawyer and newspaper editor - Eli ToddEli ToddDr. Eli Todd was a pioneer in the treatment of the mentally ill. His efforts in the medical field of mental care and smallpox treatment had a significant impact on not only the residents of his town, Farmington, Connecticut, but contributed to the establishment of high standards for the rest of...
, (1769–1833) pioneer in the treatment of the mentally ill in Connecticut - Eli WallachEli WallachEli Herschel Wallach is an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...
, (born 1915), movie actor - Eli L. WhiteleyEli L. WhiteleyEli Lamar Whiteley was a Captain in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Sigolsheim, France during World War II.-Medal of Honor citation:...
, (1913–1986), American awarded Medal of Honor - Eli Whitney, Jr., (1765–1825) American inventor of the cotton gin
- Elie WieselElie WieselSir Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE; born September 30, 1928) is a Hungarian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and...
, (Eliezer), (born 1928), Human rights activist, Holocaust writer - Eli Yale (Elihu) (1649–1721), benefactor of Yale University
- Eli YishaiEli YishaiEliyahu "Eli" Yishai is an Israeli politician and head of the Shas party. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Shas, and as both one of four Deputy Prime Ministers and Minister of Internal Affairs.- Political life :...
, , Israeli politician - Eli YatzpanEli YatzpanEliyahu Yatzpan is an Israeli television host and comedian, best known as the host of the Channel 3 late-night talk show/variety show Yatzpan between 2001 and 2006.-Early life:...
(born 1965), Israeli television host and comedian
Females
- Eli ArnstadEli ArnstadEli Arnstad is a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Centre Party.Arnastad is twin sister with the prominent politician Marit Arnstad. Having graduated from high school in 1981, she chaired the regional party chapter of the Centre Youth from 1982 to 1985...
(born 1962), Norwegian civil servant and politician - Eli Fischer-JørgensenEli Fischer-JørgensenEli Fischer-Jørgensen was professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of Copenhagen, she was a member of the Danish resistance movement fighting against the German occupation of Denmark....
(born 1911), Danish professor and member of the Danish resistance movement - Eli RyggEli RyggEli Rygg is a Norwegian television personality and children's writer.She grew up in Veblungsnes and moved to Levanger at the age of 12. She attended folk high school in Skogn and Inderøy. She had a daughter as a teenager , and studied domestic science and childcare in Skatval, and thereafter found...
(born 1955), Norwegian television personality - Eli Skolmen RygEli Skolmen RygEli Skolmen Ryg is a Norwegian television producer.Her filmography include the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation television series Enerom , Fortuna , Offshore and Soria Moria...
(born 1936), Norwegian television producer - Eli Sollied ØveraasEli Sollied ØveraasEli Sollied Øveraas is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party . She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1993...
(born 1949), Norwegian politician - Eli KristiansenEli KristiansenEli Kristiansen is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.From 1972 to 1973, during the cabinet Korvald, Kristiansen was appointed political secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs. From 1985 to 1986, during the second cabinet Willoch, she was State Secretary in the same...
(born 1933), Norwegian politician
Fictional
Fictional characters with this given name are:- Eli "Weevil" Navarro, a fictional character on the television series Veronica MarsVeronica MarsVeronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
, portrayed by Francis CapraFrancis CapraFrancis Capra is an American actor. Some of his best known roles are a young Calogero Anello in A Bronx Tale, Max Connor in Kazaam, and Eli "Weevil" Navarro in the TV series Veronica Mars.-Personal life:... - Eli WallaceEli WallaceEli Wallace is a fictional character in the Canadian-American television series Stargate Universe, a science fiction drama centering on the adventures of a present-day, multinational scientific team unable to return to Earth after an evacuation to the Ancient spaceship Destiny, which is traveling...
a fictional character on the science fiction television series Stargate UniverseStargate UniverseStargate Universe is a Canadian-American military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. It follows the adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way...
. - Eli Vance, a fictional character in the video game Half-Life 2
- Eli Anatole Leonard, fictional character from the animated Robotech series
- Eli (Demonology 101), fictional character from the online comic Demonology 101Demonology 101Demonology 101 is an online graphic novel written and drawn by Faith Erin Hicks from August 1999 to June 2004.It tells the story of Raven, a 16-year-old demon being raised by a human in ordinary human society...
- Eli (Xena)Eli (Xena)Eli is a fictional character from the television series Xena: Warrior Princess. He is portrayed by American actor Timothy Omundson.-The Devi:...
, a fictional character on Xena: Warrior PrincessXena: Warrior PrincessXena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001.... - Eli DingleEli DingleEli Dingle is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Joseph Gilgun. He first appeared on screen in the episode which aired on 13 July 2006 and made his last appearance on 30 April 2010.-Casting:...
, a fictional character in British soap EmmerdaleEmmerdaleEmmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
played by Joseph GilgunJoseph GilgunJoseph William Gilgun is an English actor best known for playing Eli Dingle in ITV's Emmerdale, Woody in the film This Is England and Rudy Wade in series 3 of E4's Misfits.-Biography:...
. - Eli (Hollyoaks), a fictional character in HollyoaksHollyoaksHollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
- Eli, the American version first name of the Cardcaptor Sakura character Eriol Hiiragizawa
- Eli, a fictional character on Children of The Corn: Boy PreachersChildren of The Corn: Boy PreachersA key feature in the universe of the Children of the Corn franchise is that each film's antagonist takes the role of the preacher who receives their orders from "He who walks behind the rows" The list below details the circumstances of their role as leader....
- Seaguard Eli, a fictional character from the video game Guild WarsGuild WarsGuild Wars is an episodic series of online 3D fantasy role-playing games developed by ArenaNet and published by NCsoft. Although often defined as an MMORPG the developers define it as a CORPG due to significant differences from the MMORPG genre. It provides two main modes of gameplay—a cooperative...
- Eli Sunday, a character from Paul Thomas AndersonPaul Thomas AndersonPaul Thomas Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed five feature films: Hard Eight , Boogie Nights , Magnolia , Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood...
's film There Will Be BloodThere Will Be BloodThere Will Be Blood is a 2007 drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!. It tells the story of a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and...
, adapted from Upton SinclairUpton SinclairUpton Beall Sinclair Jr. , was an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle . It exposed conditions in the U.S...
's book Oil!Oil!Oil! is a novel by Upton Sinclair published in 1927 told as a third person narrative. The book was written in the context of the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal and takes place in Southern California. It is a social and political satire skewering the human foibles of all its... - Eli Stone, a fictional character in the ABC show Eli StoneEli StoneEli Stone is an American TV series, and also the name of the title character.San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone begins to see things, which leads him to discover a brain aneurysm...
- Eli, the Barrow Boy, fictional character from the Decemberists song of the same name.
- Eli Cash, a fictional character played by Owen WilsonOwen WilsonOwen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and writer, known for his roles in the films The Haunting, The Royal Tenenbaums, Zoolander, Meet the Parents, Wedding Crashers, You, Me and Dupree, Bottle Rocket, the Cars series, The Darjeeling Limited, Marley & Me, Midnight in Paris, Shanghai Noon,...
in the movie The Royal TenenbaumsThe Royal TenenbaumsThe Royal Tenenbaums is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson and co-written with Owen Wilson. The film stars Gene Hackman and Anjelica Huston, with Danny Glover, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, and Owen Wilson.... - Eli Goldsworthy, a character in Degrassi
- Eli Loker, a character that never lies on the TV show Lie To MeLie to MeLie to Me is a 2009-2011 American television series.Lie to Me may also refer to:* Lie to Me , a South Korean drama series* "Lie to Me" , an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
. - Eli, one of the main characters in the 2004 Swedish vampire novel Let the Right One InLet the Right One InLet the Right One In , or Let Me In, is a 2004 vampire fiction novel by Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist. The story centers on the relationship between a 12-year-old boy, Oskar, and a centuries-old vampire child, Eli. It takes place in Blackeberg, a working class suburb of Stockholm, in the...
and in the 2008 film adaptation. - Eli, a cloner from the show HeroesHeroes (TV series)Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
. - Eli David, a fictional character on the television series NCISNCIS (TV series)NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...
, portrayed by Michael NouriMichael NouriMichael Nouri is an American television and film actor. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley, in the 1983 film Flashdance. He has had recurring roles in numerous television series, including NCIS as Eli David, the father of Mossad officer Ziva David, The O.C. as Dr...
. - Eli Walker, a fictional character from the film The Unborn (2009 film).
- Eli Wurman, a fictional character played by Al PacinoAl PacinoAlfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
in the film People I KnowPeople I KnowPeople I Know is a 2002 crime drama film directed by Daniel Algrant and stars Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, and Téa Leoni.-Plot:Eli Wurman is a Jewish publicist on the out, but all he knows is how to hustle and cajole, threaten and persuade. The hazy mania of his everyday life is fuelled by a steady...
. - Eli, a fictional character (played by Robert DuvallRobert DuvallRobert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career....
) in the post-apocalyptic thriller The RoadThe RoadThe Road is a 2006 novel by the American author Cormac McCarthy.The Road may also refer to:* The Road , a 2001 Kazakhstani film* The Road , a 2009 film adaptation of the McCarthy novel...
. - Eli, a fictional character (played by Denzel WashingtonDenzel WashingtonDenzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...
) in the post-apocalyptic thriller The Book of EliThe Book of EliThe Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by the Hughes brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson and Jennifer Beals....
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