Patronymically from Yaphlet; a Japhletite or descendant of Japhlet -- Japhleti.
see HEBREW Yaphlet
H3311. Yaphleti
יַפְלֵטִי adjective, of a people with article as collective noun ׳הַי the Japhlites Joshua 16:3, family or clan on southwest border of Ephraim; Απταλειμ, A Ιεφαλθι, ᵐ5L Ιεφλητι.