Sagu
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/səɡu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sagu is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sagu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | — | 85 | — |
| IN India | — | 73 | — |
| PG Papua New Guinea | — | 1 | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sagu is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In tut-pro, a k. of vessel
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In zlm, mealy pith, associated usually with ‘sago’, the mealy pith of the sago palm (_sagu rumbia_), which is of value as a foodstuff, and much consumed in the Archipelago in localities where rice is not grown; in Malaya and Sumatra, where rice is preferred, _untong sagu_ (sago luck) is the lot of the second best, or of a lady’s “second string”
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In bkd, body fluid (of a corpse)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Malay, sago (a powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, sago (a powdered starch obtained from certain palms and other plants)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bbc, pith or meal of certain plants (sago palm, arrowroot, etc.)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 119 | #23,191 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 85 | #36,641 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 73 | #34,981 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 1 | #35 |
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Sagu?
- A machine transcription gives /səɡu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Sagu a male or female name?
- Sagu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Sagu have the most bearers?
- Sagu is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
What do you want to know about Sagu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/saguThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sagu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.