# Veli

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**Veli** is a male [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language) and [Estonian](/source/Estonian_language) given name, meaning *brother*. It is also an [Ottoman Turkish](/source/Turkish_language) name, mainly used by Ottoman affiliated populations as a male given name, meaning *guardian*. Its original etymology in [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language) meaning a "friend of God" when used in a religious-mystical context, and is the singular form of *Evliya*.

## People

### Given name

- [Veli Acar](/source/Veli_Acar) (born 1981), Turkish footballer
- [Veli-Matti Ahonen](/source/Veli-Matti_Ahonen), Finnish ski jumper
- [Veli Kavlak](/source/Veli_Kavlak) (born 1988), Austrian footballer
- [Veli-Pekka Ketola](/source/Veli-Pekka_Ketola) (born 1948), Finnish ice hockey player
- [Veli Kızılkaya](/source/Veli_K%C4%B1z%C4%B1lkaya) (born 1985), Turkish footballer
- [Veli Koota](/source/Veli_Koota) (born 1957), Finnish boxer
- [Veli Lampi](/source/Veli_Lampi) (born 1984), Finnish footballer
- [Veli Lehtelä](/source/Veli_Lehtel%C3%A4) (1935–2020), Finnish rower
- [Veli-Matti Lindström](/source/Veli-Matti_Lindstr%C3%B6m) (born 1983), Finnish ski jumper
- [Veli Merikoski](/source/Veli_Merikoski) (1905–1982), Finnish politician and professor
- [Veli Nieminen](/source/Veli_Nieminen) (1886–1936), Finnish gymnast and sports shooter
- [Veli Paloheimo](/source/Veli_Paloheimo) (born 1967), Finnish tennis player
- [Veli Saarinen](/source/Veli_Saarinen) (1902–1969), Finnish cross-country skier

### Surname

- [Apolonia Dorregaray Veli](/source/Apolonia_Dorregaray_Veli) (1914-2002), Peruvian artist, maker of [mate burilado](/source/Mate_burilado)

- [Gursel Veli](/source/Gursel_Veli) (born 1982), Turkish-Bulgarian footballer
- [Hacı Bayram-ı Veli](/source/Hac%C4%B1_Bayram-%C4%B1_Veli) (1352–1430), Turkish poet, founder of the Bayrami Sufi sect
- [Haji Bektash Veli](/source/Haji_Bektash_Veli), Sufi mystic
- [Orhan Veli](/source/Orhan_Veli) (1914–1950), Turkish poet
- [Bayezid II](/source/Bayezid_II) (Sultân Bayezid-î Velî) was the oldest son and successor of Mehmed II

### Mythologic people

- Veļi, dead-soul spirits in [Latvian mythology](/source/Latvian_mythology)

## Places

- [Veli (Gagra District)](/source/Veli_(Gagra_District)), a village in Abkhazia, Georgia
- Veli, a short name for the Croatian village [Veli Lošinj](/source/Veli_Lo%C5%A1inj)
- Veli, a former name of the Armenian town [Tsaghkavan, Tavush](/source/Verin_Tsaghkavan)

## Other uses

- [*Veli* (film)](/source/Veli_(film)), a 1985 Indian Tamil film
- [Veli Railway Station](/source/Veli_Railway_Station), Trivandrum, Kerala, India

## See also

- [Wali (disambiguation)](/source/Wali_(disambiguation))
- [Auliya (disambiguation)](/source/Auliya_(disambiguation))

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