Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: falling
HagaiIn Hebrew: חגי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: חַגַּיRomanization: khagáy
Hagai (Hebrew: חגי) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 5,212 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 34 boys and ranked #366. Its peak year was 1975, with 152 babies.
- People in Israel
- 5,212
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 34
- rank #366
- Peak year
- 1975
- 152 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Hagai
In Hebrew letters the name is חגי, read right to left. Hagai is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "khagáy" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Haggai
- Haggai (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible and the Tanakh)
- Haggai (hebrew prophet associated with the Book of Haggai)
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Hagai by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Questions about Hagai
How do you write Hagai in Hebrew?
Hagai is written חגי in Hebrew (with vowel points: חַגַּי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "khagáy".
How many people in Israel are named Hagai?
5,212 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name חגי: 10 women and 5,202 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Hagai a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.8% of the people named חגי are men.
What does the name Hagai mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Haggai"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.