Natali
A rare spelling of Natalia, from the Latin for a birth on your birthday or at Christmas. Only about 156 women in Poland carry it, so most people never meet one.
Natali Pronunciation
Natali is pronounced nah-TAH-lee (/naˈtali/).
What Natali means
Where Natali comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Natali grows from Latin. The root is natalis, meaning "of birth," from the phrase dies natalis, the day of birth. The Christian calendar borrowed that same phrase for Christmas, the birthday of Christ. So one name came to hold two readings: born on a birthday, or born at Christmas.
The fuller form is Natalia. That is the version a Polish register knows, and it is common: some 320,000 women in Poland carry it, which puts it around fifteenth among feminine names. Natali is its trimmer sister, the same name with one letter shaved off.
The Christmas sense arrived late. Before the Church attached it, natalis pointed to any day of birth at all. The short meaning stays close to that older ground: dzień narodzin, the day of birth. On a class register a Natali sits a line away from a Natalia, and the two are told apart by a single vowel.
How many people are named Natali
1 in 144512 women in Poland is named Natali. 156 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2587 among female names.
Natali's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Natali as a middle name
Natali is a first name for 156 women in Poland and a middle name for another 23, an 87/13 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1498th, between Malena (23) and Phoebe (23).
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#1496 Luh23
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#1497 Malena23
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#1498 Natali23
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#1499 Phoebe23
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#1500 Rana23