Given name & surname

Nagy

Nagy is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in English, French, German, Polish, and 3 other languages.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Nagy comes from Hungarian.

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How it developed

From Hungarian Nagy.

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Nagy’s family of names

In English usage, Nagy as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Nagyová. In Greek usage, Nagy as a surname is a transliteration of Νάγυ.

Walk Nagy’s family in the name graph

NagyNagiΝάγυGrandNaghi納吉Nagyová

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Nagy has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hungarian roots to each of them.

ChineseHungarian

6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 6

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Nagy

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Nagy, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hungarian

Hadnagy

Hadnagy is a surname from Hungarian.

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Slavic

Medvigy

“bear”

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Hungarian

Andriș

Andriș is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Romanian.

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Hungarian

Nyék

“from the borderlands”

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Hungarian

Gazsi

“one who protects the treasure”

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>99% boys

Hungarian

Nemes

“nobelman”

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Hungarian

Nemtuda

“I don't know”

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Hungarian

Mácsai

Mácsai is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Slovak.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Nagy’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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