Sagi

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Sagi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: principal place Brusa/Safed/Fiume/Rio de Janeiro.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 902K(measured from records)
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 23K
  • PGPapua New Guinea≈1 in 24K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

1,470 people

Sources
121 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Portuguese

principal place Brusa/Safed/Fiume/Rio de Janeiro

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sagi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sagi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India1,4701 in 902K1.5KSagi93
IL Israel≈370 est.≈1 in 23K—Sagi9
US United States3621 in 919K586Sagi121
PG Papua New Guinea≈300 est.≈1 in 24K1——
MY Malaysia≈140 est.≈1 in 227K—Sagi3
DK Denmark171 in 345K17——
EE Estonia≈5 est.≈1 in 234Klisted—1

1,470 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sagi is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Sági, Saegi, Sägi, Šagi, Şaği

  • Hebrew given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Ukraine, Ethiopia

    Also written שגיא, סאגי, Sagie, Sagee, Saguy

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Brazil, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Šagi, Sági, Sagí, Sägi, Saği

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Sági, Sāgi, Šagi, Šági, Šağī

  • Croatian surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian

    Also written Šagi, Шаги, Sági, Саги

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sagi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Filipino, sideswipe; grazing or light touch made in passing

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In szl, naked, nude (not covered by clothing)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of さぎ

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Norwegian Nynorsk, definite singular of sag

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, inflection of sāgus:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Emilio Sagi-Barba, b. 1900Anna Maria Martínez Sagi, b. 1907Yaacov Sagi, b. 1937Gideon Sagi, b. 1939Eli Sagi, b. 1939Uri Sagi, b. 1943Rachel Sagee, b. 1944Emilio Sagi, b. 1948Teddy Sagi, b. 1971

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 36 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Sagi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020163#41,689
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199323—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199421—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199120—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198817—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)196417—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198616—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)199015—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198315—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)197915—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)197515—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)198914—

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sagi mean?
Recorded meaning: principal place Brusa/Safed/Fiume/Rio de Janeiro
In which country does Sagi have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 1.5 thousand people named Sagi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sagi.
How common is the name Sagi?
In India, the national register counted 1,470 people named Sagi, about 1 in 902 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sagi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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