"Variant of Naphtali"
The name Neftali is commonly a unisex name from the "Hebrew" origin.
Neftali is the Spanish-language form of Naphtali, the Hebrew name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel and of a son of Jacob and Bilhah in the book of Genesis. Spanish Bible translations use Neftali, sometimes written Neftali with an acute accent on the final i, for that same figure, and the name reached United States birth records through Spanish-speaking families. The Hebrew Naftali is linked to the root patal, meaning to twist or to wrestle.
Naphtali means "Struggle. ".
The pronunciation of Neftali is nef-TAH-lee.
