Nefeli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ne-FEH-lee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Nefeli is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “cloud”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Nefeli mean?
Greek: modern Greek form of Nephele
“cloud”
In Greek myth the cloud nymph Nephele saved her children Phrixus and Helle with the ram of the golden fleece.
Is Nefeli a girl's or a boy's name?
Nefeli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nefeli in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,460th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Nefeli, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,286th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 36 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Nefeli than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Nefeli in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
Nefeli in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,231 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,286 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
How popular is Nefeli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Nefeli, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Nefeli in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nefeli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Names like Nefeli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra, Maeva, Elodie, Pippa, Nova, Maisie, Liyana, Elara, Aria, Fiadh, Isla, Remi
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Nefeli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nefeli, updated 20 October 2026.