Hagi

Hagi, Hadži, or Hadzhi (Хаджи) is a name derived from either hajji, an honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca, which was later adopted by Christian peoples as a word for pilgrim. Or from the Greek vowel prefix hagi- coming from hágios, meaning holy, sacred.

Hagia Sophia, Church of God's Holy Wisdom (Greek: Ναὸς τῆς Ἁγίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Σοφίας, romanized: Naòs tês Hagías toû Theoû Sophías)

People

Surname

• Dimitri Atanasescu Hagi Sterjio (1836–1907), Aromanian teacher at the first Romanian school in the Balkans for the Aromanians
• Gheorghe Hagi (1965–), Romanian footballer and manager
• Kira Hagi (1996–), daughter of Gheorghe Hagi and Romanian actress
• Ianis Hagi (1998–), son of Gheorghe Hagi and Romanian footballer
• Jovan Hadži (1884–1972), zoologist
• Yordan Hadzhikonstantinov-Dzhinot (1818–1882), Bulgarian teacher and author
• Mihali Adami Hagi (1754–1825), Aromanian scholar, better known as Daniel Moscopolites

Given name

• Hadzhi Dimitar, (1840–1868), Bulgarian revolutionary
• Hadzhi Hristo (1821–1829), Bulgarian revolutionary
• Hadži Mustafa Pasha (1733–1801), Ottoman commander
• Hadži-Prodan (1760–1825), Serbian voivode

Other

• Japanese bush clover or Lespedeza
• Hagi, Yamaguchi, a city in Japan
• Hagi ware, a type of pottery originating in Hagi
• Japanese destroyer Hagi

See also

• Hajji (name)
• Hadji
• Hajji (disambiguation)
• Hatzi
• Hadžić
• Hadzhiev
• Hadžići