Nagy

Nagy (Hungarian: [ˈnɒɟ]) is the most common^{[citation needed]} Hungarian surname, meaning "great".

The surname is also common among ethnic Hungarians in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, where it is spelled Nađ (Serbian Cyrillic: Нађ) and may be transliterated in other languages as Nadj.

In Romania, the name Nagy is sometimes rendered as Naghi.

Nagyová is a Czech-language feminine surname derived from the Hungarian surname Nagy according to the rules of Czech name formation.

It is transliterated into Russian and Ukrainian as Надь and rendered in English as Nad.

Notable people with the surname include:

Ádám Nagy (born 1995), Hungarian football player
Andrea Nagy (born 1971), Hungarian basketball player
Andrej Prean Nagy (born 1923), Hungarian footballer
Adrienn Nagy (born 2001), Hungarian tennis player
Anikó Nagy (born 1970), Hungarian handball player
Antal Nagy (disambiguation), several people
Balazs Nagy, birth name of Michel Varga
Bill Nagy (born 1987), former American football center and guard
Charles Nagy (born 1967), American Major League Baseball pitcher for Cleveland Indians
Christine Nagy, actress and American radio personality
Dániel Nagy (disambiguation), several people
Dávid Nagy (born 1981), Hungarian guitarist
Dennis M. Nagy, former director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
Ferenc Nagy (1903–1979), Hungarian politician
Ferenc Nagy (boxer) (1916–1977), Hungarian boxer
Feró Nagy (born 1946), Hungarian rock singer
Fritz Nagy (1924–1989), American basketball player
Gábor Nagy (footballer born 1981), Hungarian football player
Gábor Nagy (footballer born 1985), Hungarian football player
Gáspár Nagy (1949–2007), Hungarian poet and writer
George Nagy (born 1957), Canadian swimmer
Géza Nagy (1892–1953), Hungarian chess master
Gregory Nagy, classicist
Gyula Nagy (born 1924), Hungarian football player
György Nagy (born 1924–2004), Hungarian basketball player
György Nagy (curler) (born 1965), Hungarian curler
Ibolya Nagy (1864–1946), Hungarian actress
Ilona Nagy (born 1951), Hungarian handball player
Imre Nagy (1896–1958), politician, twice Prime Minister of Hungary
Imre Nagy (pentathlete) (born 1933), Hungarian pentathlete
Imre Nagy (fencer) (1941–2011), Canadian fencer
István Nagy (disambiguation), several people
Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy (1920–2007), therapist and writer on family relations
János Nagy (diplomat) (born 1928), Hungarian diplomat and politician
János Nagy (footballer) (born 1992), Hungarian footballer
Jenene Nagy, American installation artist
John A. Nagy, American author of espionage during the American Revolution
József Nagy (disambiguation), several people
Judit Földing-Nagy, Hungarian marathon runner
Károly Nagy, Hungarian astronomer, mathematician, chemist and politician
Kira Nagy (born 1977), Hungarian tennis player
Ladislav Nagy (born 1979), Slovak ice hockey player
Lajos Nagy (1326–1382), a.k.a. Louis I of Hungary
Lajos Nagy (footballer) (born 1975), Hungarian football player
László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946), artist, designer and photographer, instructor at the Bauhaus
László Nagy (disambiguation), several people
Marcell Deák-Nagy (born 1992), Hungarian sprinter
Marianna Nagy (figure skater) (born 1929), Hungarian pair skater
Marianna Nagy (handballer) (born 1957), Hungarian Olympic handball player
Matt Nagy (born 1978), American football player and coach
Mike Nagy (born 1948), baseball pitcher
Nicholas Nagy-Talavera (1929–2000), Hungarian-American dissident and professor
Olivér Nagy (born 1989), Hungarian footballer
Orsolya Nagy, Hungarian fencer
Péter Nagy (disambiguation), several people
Phyllis Nagy (born 1962), American theater and film director
Róbert Nagy (disambiguation)
Sándor Nagy (footballer) (born 1988), Hungarian football player
Scott Nagy (born 1966), American college basketball coach
Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, art historian
Stanislaw Nagy (born 1921), Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Stefan Nagy (born 1961), Swedish darts player
Steve Nagy (born 1919), American baseball pitcher
Tibor Nagy (canoeist), Hungarian sprint canoeist
Tibor Nagy (footballer born 1991), Hungarian association football player
Tibor P. Nagy, Hungarian-American diplomat
Tímea Nagy (born 1970), épée fencer
Timea Nagy (born 1978), Hungarian Canadian activist against human trafficking
Timo Nagy (born 1983), German footballer
Vilmos Nagy, Hungarian sprint canoer
Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon (1884–1976), Hungarian general
Vince Nagy (1886–1965), Hungarian politician
Zoltán Nagy (disambiguation), several people
Zsolt Nagy (politician) (born 1971), Romanian politician
Zsolt Nagy (footballer, born 1979), Hungarian footballer
Zsolt Nagy (footballer, born 1993), Hungarian footballer
Zsuzsanna Nagy (born 1986), Hungarian ice dancer

See also