Given name & surname
Kazi
“a hardworking man”
Kazi is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a hardworking man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a hardworking man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kazi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 697
- 547 boys · 150 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 52
- #2,821 for boys · #12,540 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +55%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 45 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,821 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 72.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,185 as a first name in 2020; 2,015 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kazi’s family of names
Kazi has a related form in Kazea. Kazi has a related form in Kazee. Kazi has a related form in Kazey.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kazi
- Kazi Nazrul IslamNational poet of Bangladesh1899–1976
- Kazi Zafar AhmedBangladeshi politician (1939–2015)
- Kazi SalahuddinBangladeshi former footballerborn 1953
- Kazi Lhendup DorjeeChief Minister of Sikkim, India from 1974 to 19791904–2007
- Kazi HayatBangladeshi actor and directorborn 1947
- Gasi Mohammed AghasiyevLezgin revolutionary, Bolshevik (1882–1918)
- Kazi Abdul WadudBengali writer and academic (1894–1970)
- Kazi Dawa SamdupIndian translator (1868–1922)
- Kazi Golam MahbubBangladeshi politician (1927–2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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