Neftali
given name · Latin script
Meaning: männl. Vom., spanische Form von
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/neftali/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Neftali is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- 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)
- Sources
- 238 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)
4,193 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Puerto Rico, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
männl. Vom., spanische Form von
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Neftali 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 4,193 | 1 in 79K | 3.8K | Neftali | 238 |
| CO Colombia | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 23K | 1 | Neftali | 44 |
| SV El Salvador | #257 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Neftali | 29 |
| GT Guatemala | #249 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 8.8K | — | Neftali | 22 |
| PR Puerto Rico | #170 | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 7 | Neftali | 26 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #393 | ≈950 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Neftali | 27 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 292 | 1 in 17K | 292 | — | 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Herz Hombergb. 1749CZnot in their usual nameAustrian writer
- Naftali Amsterdamb. 1832LTnot in their usual nameLithuanian rabbi (1832–1916)
- Horace Günzburgb. 1833UAnot in their usual nameRussian-Jewish financier (1833-1909)
- Naftali Herz Tur-Sinaib. 1886ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli bible scholar (1886-1973)
- Naftali Botwinb. 1905PLnot in their usual namePolish-Jewish communist (1905–1925)
- Naftali Federb. 1920ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician (1920-2009)
- Naftali Blumenthalb. 1922ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli politician (1922–2022)
- Naftali Bezemb. 1924DEnot in their usual nameGerman-born Israeli painter, muralist and sculptor (1924-2018)
- Naphtali Lau-Lavieb. 1926PLnot in their usual namePolish-born Israeli journalist and diplomat
- Naftali Hershtikb. 1947ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli singer (1947–2024)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 36 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.8K | #4,448 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 415 | #4,448 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 292 | #1,171 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 70 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 64 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2000 | 64 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1997 | 64 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 62 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 60 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 54 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2001 | 54 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 54 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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 Neftali mean, and where does it come from?
- männl. Vom., spanische Form von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- Is Neftali a male or female name?
- Neftali 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.
- How do you pronounce Neftali?
- A machine transcription gives /neftali/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Neftali have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 4.2 thousand people named Neftali, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled neftali.
- How common is the name Neftali?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,193 people named Neftali in 2020, about 1 in 79 thousand residents.
- How common is Neftali compared with other names?
- In Puerto Rico, Neftali is the 170th most common given name of 1,886 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/neftaliThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Neftali” — the 170th most common given name in Puerto Rico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.