Details for the forename Eli

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Eli (male)


Diminutive for:	Elias (M) Eliezer (M) Elijah (M) Elimelek (M) Elisha (M)
Can be spelt:	Ely (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	Jewish, from Hebrew "height"; OT 1 Samuel 1-3. Eli can also be a diminutive for several Jewish names beginning Eli- [forming the Hebrew element "God"].