Entry № 7124 · Sanskrit origin

Naga Naga — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAH-gah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Serpent / cobra-Devi"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "serpent / cobra-devi".

Naga is from the Sanskrit Nāga.

Serpent / cobra-Devi — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

Naga
Transliteration
Nāga
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɑː.ɡə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Naga stands.

Naga does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nagas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Naga.

The number behind Naga.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Naga reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.