Aly - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Aly \a-ly\ is a variant of Alistair (Greek), and the meaning of Aly is "man's defender".

The baby name Aly sounds like Al, Ali and Ely. Other similar baby names are Alyn, Alvy, Alby, Alfy, Alf, Algy, Ary, Arly, Bly and Sly.

Aly is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#29383 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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