Given name
Nephtali
“my struggle”
Nephtali is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nephtali goes back to Hebrew נַפְתָּלִי, meaning “my struggle.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Nephtali is a variant of Naftali. An origin associated with Naftali is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nephtali through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 138
- 132 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 355 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nephtali’s family of names
In French usage, Nephtali has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Neftali. Nephtali has a related form in Naftali.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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