Eli

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Eli may refer to:

• Eli (אלי), a variant on the name of God as spoken in Hebrew and Aramaic. (The "i" suffix indicates first person singular possession, i.e., "my El" or "my God")^[1][2]

• Eli (town) (עלי), an Israeli settlement in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria)
• Eli (Biblical Priest) (עלי), Biblical priest of Shiloh and Israelite judge, who trained the young prophet Samuel
• Eli Lilly and Company, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies {also Eli Lilly}
• Eli, a nickname for a Yale University student, after Yale benefactor Elihu Yale

• Eli, a common first name in Hebrew. ^[3] People with this name include:
  • Eli Wallach, movie actor
  • Eli Cohen, Israeli spy
  • Eli Whitney, inventor
  • Eli Hamilton Janney, engineer, confederate soldier
  • Eli Yishai, Israeli politician
  • Elie Wiesel, Holocaust writer
  • Eli Ohana, football player
  • Eli Manning, football player
  • Eli Heckscher, Swedish academic
  • Eli Biham, Israeli cryptogropher
  • Eli M. Black, businessman
  • Eli El, Politician
  • Eli, the American version first name of the Cardcaptor Sakura character Eriol Hiiragizawa
  • Eli (Xena), a fictional character on Xena: Warrior Princess who was a spiritually-oriented pacifist. The name is a reference to the prophet Elijah. It can be argued that this character was meant to be a pastiche of Jesus.
  • Dr. Eli Vance, a fictional character in the video game Half-Life 2
  • Eli, a fictional character on Children of The Corn: Boy Preachers
  • Eli Anatole Leonard, fictional character from the animated Robotech series

[edit] See also

• Eli, Eli
• Elohim
• Allah
• Ali (disambiguation)
• Theophory in the Bible for names with "El" in them
• Elizabeth
• Eliza
• Elia
• Ella
• Aelle
• Ælle
• æ