Given name
Shefali
“night jasmine”
Shefali is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “night jasmine.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shefali through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 296
- 0 boys · 296 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 17 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 girls is 7 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,032 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.
Shefali’s family of names
In English usage, Shefali has a related form in SHEPHALI. In English usage, Shefali has a related form in SHEPHALI. In English usage, Shefali has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form शेफाली.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shefali
- Shefali ChowdhuryBritish actressborn 1988
- Shefali Razdan DuggalAmerican Democratic political activistborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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