Forename Veli

Globally, Veli (Veli , Вели , فيلي ) is a widespread principally male, but very seldom female forename. The first name Veli is characteristic of Turkey, where it is a common male name, Albania, where it is quite a common boy's name, and Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare principally masculine, but scarcely female name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Turkey, India, and South Africa. Very seldom, Veli is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Veli

name Vəli, name Вейкко, name Veljo, name Вэли, name فيلي, name Vęlï, name Veli, name Вельі, name ولي, name Veil, name Вели, name Veikka, name Velí, name Vello, name ולי, name 维蒂, name Veikko, name Bror, name Wali, name Велі, name Vèli, name Véli, name Брор, name Вельй, name Velı

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Veli	Germany, South Africa, India, Azerbaijan, Turkey
Вели	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Russia, Armenia
فيلي	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Palestinian Territory, Algeria
Велі	Ukraine

First names said to be same

Bror, Veikka, Veikko, Veil, Veljo, Vello, Velí, Velı, Vèli, Véli, Vęlï, Vəli, Wali, Брор, Вейкко, Вельй, Вельі, Вэли, ולי, ولي, and 维蒂

First name Veli in the context

Veli is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Veli Jože , character in Veli Jože; Willy Wonka , the fictional chocolatier from Roald Dahl's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and its related franchise, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; Willy , the fictional character from the danish children's television show Kaj & Andrea; Willy Loman , the fictional character from Death of a Salesman and Captain Willy Schultz , the comics character, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	veli pascha von delvina AL (b. 1718)
	aşık veli TR (b. 1793)
	veli këlcyra Albanian politician, AL (b. 1862)
	veli saltıkgil Turkish politician, TR (b. 1880)
	veli nieminen gymnast (1886-1936), FI (b. 1886)
	veli räsänen Finnish botanist (1888–1953), FI (b. 1888)
	veli giovanni Finnish journalist, FI (b. 1889)
	veli verkko Finnish university teacher (1893-1955), FI (b. 1893)
	veli harxhi Albanian politician, AL (b. 1850)
	veli saarinen Finnish cross-country skier, FI (b. 1902)
	veli lehto Finnish singer (1904-1965), FI (b. 1904)
	veli merikoski Finnish politician, FI (b. 1905)
	veli gerraj Albanian politician, AL (b. 1870)
	veli valpola Finnish philosopher, FI (b. 1922)
	veli kustaa simelius Finnish judge, banker and politician, FI (b. 1877)