Neftalí

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Naphtali (Biblical character and tribe)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Neftalí is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 3.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 8.8K
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 11K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

4,193 people, 2020

Sources
238 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Puerto Rico, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Neftali in US United States, SV El Salvador, GT Guatemala and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Naphtali (Biblical character and tribe)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Neftalí counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Neftalí is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—4,1931 in 79K3.8KNeftali238
CO Colombia—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 23K1Neftali44
SV El Salvador#257≈2,000 est.≈1 in 3.2K—Neftali29
GT Guatemala#249≈1,900 est.≈1 in 8.8K—Neftali22
PR Puerto Rico#170≈1,000 est.≈1 in 3.1K7Neftali26
DO Dominican Republic#393≈950 est.≈1 in 11K—Neftali27
CR Costa Rica—2921 in 17K292—16

4,193 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the co-datosgov-candidates register; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Neftalí is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Neftali

  • Persian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Neftali

  • Russian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia, Spain

    Also written Neftali, Нефтали

  • Croatian given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Neftali

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Türkiye, Spain

    Also written Neftali

8 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Neftalí is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Spanish, hebrew Naftali, 'struggle'.

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • Al que Dios ayuda en su lucha

    as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Neftalí Ponce Miranda, b. 1908Neftalí Beltrán, b. 1916Neftalí Ayungua Suárez, b. 1936Neftalí Rivera, b. 1948Neftalí Garzón Contreras, b. 1948Neftalí Díaz, b. 1971Pacho el Antifeka, b. 1981Nefta Lee, b. 1982Neftali Feliz, b. 1988Neftali Soto, b. 1989

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Neftalí mean, and where does it come from?
Naphtali (Biblical character and tribe) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Neftalí a male or female name?
Neftalí is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Neftalí have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 4.2 thousand people named Neftalí, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled neftali.
How common is the name Neftalí?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,193 people named Neftalí in 2020, about 1 in 79 thousand residents.
How common is Neftalí compared with other names?
In Puerto Rico, Neftalí is the 170th most common given name of 1,886 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Neftalí” — the 170th most common given name in Puerto Rico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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