Nga: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Nga – Meaning: elegant, graceful (a poetic term for a lovely woman) – Origin: Sino-Vietnamese – Gender: Girl


Nga is a Sino-Vietnamese girl's name meaning “elegant, graceful (a poetic term for a lovely woman)”. It appears in our list of 175+ Vietnamese Baby Names That Are Musical and Meaningful.

Meaning & Origin of Nga

Meaning: Elegant, graceful (a poetic term for a lovely woman).

Origin: Sino-Vietnamese.

A common claim: Often equated with 'Nga' meaning 'Russia'. Actually: As a given name, Nga comes from the Sino-Vietnamese word for 'elegant, graceful' (cf. 娥); 'Russia' is an unrelated homophonous placename (from 俄, short for 'Nga La Tư'), not the source of the given name's meaning.

Source: Wiktionary.

Popularity of Nga

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1977–1997.

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