Alvi
Boy · AL-vee · Arabic
Alvi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “descendant of Ali”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Alvi mean?
Arabic: from Alawi (Alavi), 'of Ali'
“descendant of Ali”
Alvi is a South Asian Muslim family name for those tracing descent from Ali, the Prophet's cousin.
- Say it
- AL-vee
Is Alvi a girl's or a boy's name?
Alvi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alvi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Alvi, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alvi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 38 boys in the UK were given Alvi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #813, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Alvi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
Names like Alvi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ali Arlo Arthur Albie Levi Albert Alfred Eli Axel Ezra Asher Atlas
Other spellings of Alvi
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