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Veli

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Albanian

Proper noun

Veli m

  1. a male given name

Estonian

Etymology

From veli (brother).

Proper noun

Veli (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. a male given name

Velvo, Veljo, Vello, Veiko, Venda

Finnish

Etymology

From veli (brother), but with a different declension.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeli/, [ˈʋe̞li]
  • Rhymes: -eli
  • Syllabification(key): Ve‧li
  • Hyphenation(key): Ve‧li

Proper noun

Veli

  1. a male given name
    • 1992, Inkeri Kilpinen, Miehelläni on toinen nainen, Kirjayhtymä, →ISBN, pages 79–80:
      Velikulta kahmaisi meidät kainaloihinsa ja niin mentiin. Minun on aina ollut vaikea mieltää hänen nimekseen Veli, koska ainoa Veli, jonka ennestään tunsin, on ohut ja vaalea kuin kaisla. ( - - - ) Hänellä on usein hauska juttu huulillaan; siitä lempinimi Velikulta.
      Dear Veli grabbed us up into his arms and so we got going. It has always been hard for me to accept Veli has his name, because the only Veli I knew before was thin and fair like a bulrush. ( - - - ) He often had a fun story to tell, hence why he was dear Veli.
    • 2006, Anja Lampela, Älä koske ope, Myllylahti Oy Suomussalmi, →ISBN, page 63:
      ―No, mun nimi on Viivi, ja mulla on pikkuveli, jonka nimi on Veli. Toisin sanoen vanhemmillani on rajattomasti mielikuvitusta.
      ―Well, my name's Viivi, and I've got a little brother named Veli, i.e. my parents have an endless imagination.

Usage notes

  • Common first part of 20th century conjoined names like Veli-Matti and Veli-Pekka.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

Statistics

  • Veli is the 84th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 8,267 male individuals (and as a middle name to 10,559 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Vēlī

  1. genitive/vocative singular of Vēlius

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ولی (Velî), from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).

Proper noun

Veli

  1. a male given name from Arabic

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