Sugi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sugi

What is the meaning of the name Sugi ?

The baby name Sugi is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SOO-gee.

Sugi is Japanese in Origin.

Sugi is Japanese, from the native noun sugi, written 杉 in kanji and すぎ in kana. The earliest recoverable form is Old Japanese sugi, a simple, non-compounded tree name rather than a shortened phrase. Its literal meaning is cedar, specifically the Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica, although the plant is botanically distinct from the true Cedrus cedars of the Mediterranean and Himalaya. The kanji was adopted logographically from Chinese script.

As a given name, Sugi is much less central in Japan than nature names built with tree vocabulary, and it is also encountered as a surname element in names such as Sugiyama and Sugimoto. The tree has long been important in shrine avenues, temple precincts, and building timber. Modern use outside Japan is sporadic; in Indonesia it may also function as a short personal name.