Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling fast
SagiIn Hebrew: שגיא · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: שַׂגִּיאRomanization: sagí
Sagi (Hebrew: שגיא) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 7,443 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 32 boys and ranked #381. Its peak year was 2005, with 196 babies.
- People in Israel
- 7,443
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 32
- rank #381
- Peak year
- 2005
- 196 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Sagi
In Hebrew letters the name is שגיא, read right to left. Sagi 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 "sagí" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a male given name, Sagi and Sagy
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Sagi 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
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Sagi
How do you write Sagi in Hebrew?
Sagi is written שגיא in Hebrew (with vowel points: שַׂגִּיא). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "sagí".
How many people in Israel are named Sagi?
7,443 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שגיא: 114 women and 7,329 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 Sagi a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 98.5% of the people named שגיא are men.
What does the name Sagi mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Sagi and Sagy"
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.