What does the name Naga mean?

Naga means "Serpent, divine serpent". It is a boy's name of Telugu origin.

Naga

Naga means Serpent, divine serpent.

Gender	boy
Origin	Telugu
Language	Telugu
Starts with	N

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Serpent, divine serpent”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Vasuki — Sacred serpent of Shiva, king of snakes
Nagalakshmi — Goddess Lakshmi with serpent
Phani — Serpent, cobra
Ulupi — Naga (serpent) princess, daughter of King Kauravya
Nagaiah — One with serpent, Shiva
Nagaveni — Hair like a serpent, dark braids

More boys' names of Telugu origin

Venkatesh — Lord of the Venkata hill
Srinivas — Abode of Lakshmi, Venkateswara
Venkata — Name of a hill, Venkateswara
Balaji — Lord Venkateswara, the young lord
Teja — Brilliance, radiance, strength
Vamsi — Flute, descendant

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.