Given name
Naje
“one who is safe”
Naje is a variant of Naji. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is safe.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Naje is a variant of Naji. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is safe.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Naje 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 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Naje through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 148
- 37 boys · 111 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 20 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 200 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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