Eeli
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Biblical Hebrew עֵלִי. Cognate with English Eli. Also a short form of Elias, Eelis, Mikael, Rafael and Hesekiel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Eeli
- Eli (biblical character)
- a male given name
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Eeli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Eeli | Eelit | |
| genitive | Eelin | Eelien | |
| partitive | Eeliä | Eelejä | |
| illative | Eeliin | Eeleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Eeli | Eelit | |
| accusative | nom. | Eeli | Eelit |
| gen. | Eelin | ||
| genitive | Eelin | Eelien | |
| partitive | Eeliä | Eelejä | |
| inessive | Eelissä | Eeleissä | |
| elative | Eelistä | Eeleistä | |
| illative | Eeliin | Eeleihin | |
| adessive | Eelillä | Eeleillä | |
| ablative | Eeliltä | Eeleiltä | |
| allative | Eelille | Eeleille | |
| essive | Eelinä | Eeleinä | |
| translative | Eeliksi | Eeleiksi | |
| abessive | Eelittä | Eeleittä | |
| instructive | — | Eelein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Eeli is the 131st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 4,861 male individuals (and as a middle name to 1,527 more), and also belongs to 17 female individuals (and as a middle name to 8 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
- The surname Eeli belongs to 72 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Categories:
- Finnish terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eːli
- Rhymes:Finnish/eːli/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Biblical characters
- fi:Individuals