73%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik Scripts Алишер(Uzbek, Tajik, Russian) Әлішер(Kazakh) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links From the given name Ali 1 combined with Persian شیر (shīr) meaning "lion". It was borne by the Timurid poet Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441-1501), who wrote in the Chagatai Turkic language. Related Names RootsAli + shīr Categories animals, chess Grandmasters, fauna, felines, greatness, isograms, lions, nature, top 10 in Uzbekistan