Given name & surname
Naja
“a starlike woman”
Naja is a variant of Najam. One Arabic interpretation is “a starlike woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Naja is a variant of Najam. One Arabic interpretation is “a starlike woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Naja is a variant of Najam. An origin associated with Najam is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Naja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,281
- 6 boys · 1,275 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 150 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 150 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,240 as a first name in 2020; 245 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.
Naja’s family of names
In Danish usage, Naja has a related form in Naya. In Danish usage, Naja has a related form in Naia. Naja has a related form in Najam.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Naja
- Naja Marie AidtDanish-language poet and writer (born 1963)
- Naja Lyberthpsychologist in Greenlandborn 1962
- Naja Mohamedbadminton playerborn 1996
- Naja AbelsenDanish-Greenlandic painter and illustratorborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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