Veli is a male Finnish and Estonian given name, meaning brother. It is also an Ottoman Turkish name, mainly used by Ottoman affiliated populations as a male given name, meaning guardian. Its original etymology in Arabic meaning a "friend of God" when used in a religious-mystical context, and is the singular form of Evliya.
People
Given name
- Veli Acar, Turkish footballer
- Veli-Matti Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
- Veli Kavlak, Austrian footballer
- Veli-Pekka Ketola, Finnish ice hockey player
- Veli Kızılkaya, Turkish footballer
- Veli Koota, Finnish boxer
- Veli Lampi, Finnish footballer
- Veli Lehtelä, Finnish rower
- Veli-Matti Lindström, Finnish ski jumper
- Veli Merikoski, Finnish politician and professor
- Veli Nieminen, Finnish gymnast and sports shooter
- Veli Paloheimo, Finnish tennis player
- Veli Saarinen, Finnish cross-country skier
Surname
- Gursel Veli (born 1982), Turkish-Bulgarian footballer
- Hacı Bayram-ı Veli (1352–1430), Turkish poet, founder of the Bayrami Sufi sect
- Haji Bektash Veli, Sufi mystic
- Orhan Veli (1914–1950), Turkish poet
- Bayezid II (Sultân Bayezid-î Velî) was the oldest son and successor of Mehmed II
Mythologic people
- Veļi, dead-soul spirits in Latvian mythology
Places
- Veli (Gagra District), a village in Abkhazia, Georgia
- Veli, a short name for the Croatian village Veli Lošinj
- Veli, a former name of the Armenian town Tsaghkavan, Tavush
Other uses
- Veli (film), a 1985 Indian Tamil film
- Veli Railway Station, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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