The baby name Shifali is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced shi-FAH-lee (IPA: /ʃɪˈfɑːli/).
The baby name Shifali is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced shi-FAH-lee (IPA: /ʃɪˈfɑːli/).
Shifali is Hindi, Sanskrit in Origin.
Shifali is an Indo-Aryan feminine name rooted in Sanskrit sephalika, a poetic term for the night-blooming jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis), also known as parijat. The blossom opens after dusk and carpets the ground by dawn, symbolizing fragrant beauty, devotion, and ephemerality, associations long noted in Sanskrit verse and later Bengali and Hindi poetry. The flower's use in autumn worship, especially offerings at dawn, reinforces the name's gentle, devotional undertone.
As a given name, Shifali gained currency across North and East India in the 20th century and continues in the diaspora. Spelling reflects regional phonetics: Shefali (common in Bengali and Hindi), Shafali (Hindi/Urdu influence), Shephali, Sephali, and the diminutive Shefalika or Sephalika. Pronounced shi-FAH-lee or she-FAH-lee, it remains primarily feminine. Related floral cognates include Shiuli and Parijat, but Shifali specifically evokes the night jasmine's soft fragrance and dawn-fallen petals.
Shifali is far from common. We have only 35 recorded uses of it on record, from 9 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #405 | 2 | 8,413 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #422 | 3 | 15,987 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #592 | 6 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #613 | 19 | 13,121 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
Shifali is popular in 9 countries — most recent births per country:
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