Eli Name Meaning & Origin
Eli
Origin of the name Eli:
Derived from the Hebrew `ēlī (high, ascent).
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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- Meanings and history of the name Eli
In African pronounced EH-LEE and it means; high, ascended. It is is common as a female name in West and South Africa.
- Famous real-life people named Eli
Elisha "Eli" Manning - American football player; brother of Peyton and Cooper
Eli Roth - American actor and director
Eli Whitney - American inventor
Eli Wallach - American actor
Eli James Senor (b. 2007), son of former American television news reporter and anchorman Campbell Brown
Eli Nicholas Tambor (b. 2009), son of American actor, voice artist, and comedian Jeffrey Tambor
Eli Benjamin Wahl (b. 2010), son of American actress, comedian, producer, and writer Rachel Dratch- Eli in song, story & screen
Eli James, a supporting character in the CBS television show, Ghost Whisperer.
"Eli, the Barrow Boy", song by the Decemberists
"Eli's Coming", song by Three Dog Night
"Eli Stone", television show starring Johnny Lee Miller.
"The Book of Eli", movie starring Denzel Washington
Eli is a main charactor in Sarah Dessen's Along For The Ride book.
Eli Loker, supporting character in the Fox television show Lie to Me.
Eli Cash is a character from the film The Royal Tenenbaums
Eli Goldsworthy from Degrassi
Eli Gold, a supporting character in The Good Wife.