Given name & surname
Nagi
“one who is safe”
Nagi is a variant of Naji. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is safe.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nagi is a variant of Naji. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is safe.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nagi is a variant of Naji. An origin associated with Naji is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nagi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 131
- 126 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,443 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,443 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 601 as a first name in 2020; 1,981 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.
Nagi’s family of names
Nagi has a related form in Naji. In Japanese usage, Nagi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 凪.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nagi
- Nagi InoueJapanese idol, fashion model and Nogizaka46 memberborn 2005
- Nagi KawataniJapanese association football player (2003-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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