Veli Forename
9,137th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 112,570 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Finland
Veli Forename User-submission:
Veli is a Finnish and Estonian male given name, meaning 'brother'.
It is also a Ottoman Turkish name, mainly used by Ottoman affiliated populations as a male given name, meaning 'guardian'. It means 'friend of God' in Arabic, when used in a religious-mystical context, being a singular form of evliya.
Veli Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 100% | 83,575 | 1:931 | 209 |
| Finland | 100% | 7,089 | 1:773 | 188 |
| South Africa | 92% | 7,043 | 1:7,743 | 1,389 |
| India | 70% | 3,195 | 1:380,243 | 33,084 |
| Nepal | 99% | 1,863 | 1:15,291 | 1,554 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,291 | 1:2,360 | 502 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,013 | 1:95,437 | 2,068 |
| Bulgaria | 99% | 906 | 1:7,716 | 867 |
| Kosovo | - | 901 | 1:2,066 | 478 |
| Swaziland | - | 743 | 1:1,750 | 400 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 545 | 1:3,836 | 701 |
| Sweden | 100% | 517 | 1:19,068 | 1,353 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 348 | 1:914 | 183 |
| Russia | 99% | 334 | 1:431,837 | 4,981 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 332 | 1:776,999 | 51,754 |
| Azerbaijan | 97% | 302 | 1:31,930 | 2,419 |
| France | 100% | 238 | 1:279,287 | 3,927 |
| Serbia | 100% | 211 | 1:33,866 | 1,676 |
| United States | 96% | 195 | 1:1,859,164 | 31,730 |
| England | 100% | 175 | 1:317,731 | 7,880 |
| Netherlands | 98% | 151 | 1:111,934 | 5,512 |
| Brazil | 100% | 150 | 1:1,428,241 | 33,500 |
| Estonia | 100% | 143 | 1:9,198 | 1,091 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 138 | 1:59,518 | 2,397 |
| Austria | 100% | 120 | 1:70,952 | 1,787 |
| Belgium | 100% | 118 | 1:97,373 | 3,399 |
| Zimbabwe | 52% | 97 | 1:159,008 | 10,201 |
| Greece | 100% | 77 | 1:142,007 | 3,344 |
| Georgia | 96% | 74 | 1:50,520 | 2,469 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 67 | 1:81,685 | 1,014 |
| Zambia | - | 59 | 1:268,725 | 8,231 |
| Norway | 100% | 56 | 1:91,649 | 3,068 |
| Canada | - | 54 | 1:613,581 | 14,922 |
| Denmark | - | 46 | 1:122,815 | 3,283 |
| Italy | 87% | 33 | 1:1,850,366 | 13,218 |
| Thailand | 91% | 26 | 1:2,694,839 | 66,052 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68% | 25 | 1:326,093 | 26,118 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 20 | 1:122,938 | 3,134 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Uganda | 86% | 19 | 1:2,155,627 | 27,415 |
| Mexico | 100% | 14 | 1:8,867,459 | 28,360 |
| Peru | 57% | 14 | 1:2,270,818 | 22,263 |
| Ireland | - | 12 | 1:386,960 | 5,608 |
| Belarus | 100% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Croatia | 100% | 12 | 1:351,423 | 4,684 |
| Australia | - | 9 | 1:1,517,514 | 15,297 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Cameroon | 88% | 8 | 1:2,701,313 | 52,296 |
| Philippines | 88% | 8 | 1:13,251,185 | 172,764 |
| Spain | - | 8 | 1:5,816,246 | 16,159 |
| Malaysia | 63% | 7 | 1:4,349,991 | 105,289 |
| Niger | 100% | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| Pakistan | 50% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| China | - | 4 | 1:341,513,946 | 78,144 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Nigeria | 75% | 4 | 1:44,391,090 | 271,718 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Abkhazia | 67% | 3 | 1:81,141 | 2,130 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Czechia | 50% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Véli (1) are calculated separately.
Veli (8,119) may also be a surname.
Veli Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Veli is a Finnish and Estonian male given name, meaning 'brother'.
It is also a Ottoman Turkish name, mainly used by Ottoman affiliated populations as a male given name, meaning 'guardian'. It means 'friend of God' in Arabic, when used in a religious-mystical context, being a singular form of evliya.
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Veli Demographics
Average Veli Salary in
United States
$42,056 USD
Per year
Rank:
223,827 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.30579E-5
Rank: 32,705 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
96.62%
Sample size: 104 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Veli Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Veli in the Russian language | ||
| Вели | veli | - |
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