Naga
Naga means Meanings families give: Serpent, divine serpent; Serpent goddess, divine snake.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | unisex |
| Origin | Telugu |
| Language | Telugu |
| Starts with | N |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Serpent, divine serpent; Serpent goddess, divine snake”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Nagarathinam — Gem of the snake king
- Vasuki — Meanings families give: King of serpents, Naga king; Sacred serpent of Shiva, king of snakes
- Nagaraj — serpent-king
- Nagalakshmi — Goddess Lakshmi with serpent
- Phani — a serpent (only gen. pl. )
- Ulupi — Naga (serpent) princess, daughter of King Kauravya
More unisex names of Telugu origin
- Kanaka — Meanings families give: Gold, precious; Gold, golden, auspicious
Where this comes from
Naga has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.