Ali (Arabic: علي ‎, ʿAlī) is a male Arabic name derived from the Arabic root ʕ - l-w, which literally means "high '', "elevated '' or "champion ''. It is a common name in Arab countries and the rest of the Muslim world. Islamic traditional use of the name goes back to the Islamic leader Ali ibn Abi Talib but the name is also present in some pre-islamic tribesmen (banu hanifa) and identical in form and meaning to the Hebrew: עֵלִי ‎, Eli, which goes back to the High Priest Eli in the biblical Books of Samuel.
what is the meaning of the name ali
"high '', "elevated '' or "champion ''