Nagisa

Nagisa (なぎさ, ナギサ) is a Japanese given name used by either sex and is occasionally used as a surname.

Nagisa
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
Meaningmany different meanings depending on the kanji used.

Possible writings

Nagisa can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 渚, "beach/shore"
  • 汀, "water's edge/shore"
  • 凪砂, "lull, sand"

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

  • Nagisa Abe (あべ なぎさ, born 1983), Japanese singer and actress
  • Nagisa Arakaki (新垣 渚; born 1980), Japanese professional baseball player
  • Nagisa Futami (二見 渚) Japanese voice actress
  • Nagisa Hayashi (林 なぎさ, born 1986), Japanese field hockey player
  • Nagisa Katahira (片平 なぎさ; born 1959), Japanese television actress
  • Nagisa Nozaki (野崎 渚; born 1990), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Nagisa Oshima (大島 渚; born 1932), Japanese film director
  • Nagisa Shibuya (渋谷 凪咲; born 1996), Japanese singer, member of NMB48

Characters

Surname

Other uses

  • NaGISA, an effort to catalog biodiversity of in-shore areas
  • Nagisa (harpist), a Persian harpist from the 7th Century
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