Sagi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sagi

What is the meaning of the name Sagi ?

The baby name Sagi is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /saˈɡi/ (sah-GEE).

Sagi is Hebrew in Origin.

Sagi is a Hebrew given name, primarily masculine, and also a modern Israeli surname. It stems from the Hebrew/Aramaic triliteral root s-g-y, “to be great, lofty, abundant,” yielding the sense “exalted,” “lofty,” or “mighty.” The root is familiar from rabbinic phrases like sagi nahor (“abundant light”), an ironic euphemism for a blind person, which underscores the base meaning of greatness or profusion.

As a personal name, Sagi came to wider use in the 20th century with the revival of Hebrew in Israel and the trend toward concise, nature- or value-driven names; it appears across secular and religious communities and as a Hebraized family name. Common variants and spellings include Sagie, Sagui, Sagy, and Saggi; a closely related form is Sagiv (סגיב, “exalted”). Nicknames may include Sag. In Japanese, unrelated Sagi (鷺) occurs as a surname meaning “heron/egret.”