Creative spelling of Symphony, from Greek 'symphonia' meaning harmonious sound or a concord of voices.
Symphani is a creative respelling of Symphony, a word that entered English from the Old French symphonie and ultimately from the ancient Greek symphonia — a compound of syn (together) and phone (sound, voice), meaning literally "sounding together" or "concordance of voices." The concept was central to Greek musical theory, describing the harmonious intervals that pleased the ear, and it carried philosophical weight: for Pythagoras and his followers, musical harmony was a reflection of the mathematical order of the cosmos itself. To name something a symphony was to invoke the universe's hidden structure.
As an English word, symphony rose to its greatest cultural prominence with the development of the symphonic form in the eighteenth century. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler made the symphony the prestige form of Western classical music — the genre that demanded the most from composers and performers alike. Beethoven's Ninth, with its choral finale setting Schiller's "Ode to Joy," became arguably the most famous piece of music ever written, and the word symphony became synonymous with ambition, beauty, and the highest aspirations of human creativity.
Symphani as a given name belongs to a tradition of musical word-names — Melody, Harmony, Lyric, Cadence — that became popular in the late twentieth century, particularly in African-American communities where music has a profound cultural and spiritual centrality. The -i ending softens and personalizes the word, transforming an abstract noun into something intimate. It gives the name a light, quick finish that balances the grandeur of its meaning, suggesting someone who carries great beauty without being weighted down by it.