Male first name (Arabic): Ali, the Almighty, the Noble;; ali = sublime, elevated, known by Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, cousin and son of the Prophet Mohammed, 4 Caliph of Islam (656-661) Female first name (Arabic): Ali, the Almighty, the Noble;; ali = sublime, elevated, known Ali ibn-Abi-Talib, cousin and son of the Prophet Mohammed, 4 by Caliph of Islam (656-661), the male of the name was in the U.S. in the 1990s also awarded female, although rarely