Given name & surname
Haggai
“one who has been abandoned”
In German use, Haggai is a variant of Hagai. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has been abandoned.”
Original Hebrewחגי
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Haggai is a variant of Hagai. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has been abandoned.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Haggai is a variant of Hagai. An origin associated with Hagai is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Haggai appears in Haggai 1:1.
From biblical name research
Haggai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Haggai’s family of names
In German usage, Haggai has a related form in Hagai. In German usage, Haggai has a conventional equivalent in the Swahili form Hagai. In German usage, Haggai has a conventional equivalent in the Slovenian form Agej.
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Around the world
Haggai has relatives in 30 languages.
21 related names in 30 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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