"Variant of Naphtali"
The name Naftoli is commonly a male name from the "Hebrew" origin.
Naftoli is the Yiddish form of Naphtali, the Hebrew name of the patriarch Naphtali and of the Israelite tribe descended from him, both named in the book of Genesis. Yiddish usage renders the Hebrew ending in this name with a final -i or -oli, so Naftoli appears alongside Naftali. The etymology of the Hebrew name itself is tied in Genesis 30:8 to wordplay on a Hebrew root, and no single literal meaning is settled.
Naphtali means "Struggle. ".
The pronunciation of Naftoli is naf-TOH-lee.
