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Shefali
How to Pronounce Shefali
Pronounced sheh-FAH-lee /ΚΙΛfΙΛ.li/Low
Meaning: Shefali is a genuine Indian girl's name meaning the night-flowering jasmine, known in Sanskrit tradition as parijat and botanically as Nyctanthes arbor-tristis. The small fragrant flower blooms at night and drops at dawn, giving the name a gentle, poetic image.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Shefali is a genuine Indian girl's name meaning the night-flowering jasmine, called parijat in Sanskrit tradition and known botanically as Nyctanthes arbor-tristis. The blossom opens at night and falls at dawn, a much-loved image in Indian poetry. As a birth name in the United States it stayed quietly rare.
Shefali was never common in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 2000, borne mainly within Indian-American families. A girl named Shefali then is in her mid-twenties today.
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What does the name Shefali mean?
It is a Hindi and Sanskrit name meaning the night-flowering jasmine, the parijat or night jasmine blossom.
How do you pronounce Shefali?
It is said sheh-FAH-lee /ΚΙΛfΙΛ.li/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Shefali a boy or girl name?
Shefali is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Shefali?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around the turn of the millennium.