Girl · Persian (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Nagina
نگینہSay it na-GEE-na
- Meaning today
- Jewel, precious stone, gem
- Original meaning
- "a precious stone set in a ring; a signet ring" Steingass, p. 1424
- Say it
- na-GEE-na
- Written
- نگینہ
- Other spellings
- Nageena, Nageen, Nigina
Nagina
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Nagina meaning
Nagina (نگینہ) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin (Urdu usage).
A precious stone set in a ring; a signet ring
Also used to mean: jewel, gem
Nagina (نگینہ) is the Persian nigīna, used in Urdu and Hindi for a gem set in a ring. Steingass's dictionary gives nigīn as a ring, especially a prince's seal-ring, and as the precious stone set in it; nigīna is a form of the same word. Urdu speakers use nagīna for any jewel, and figuratively for a person who is precious. Name lists give Nagina or Nageena as "jewel" or "precious stone", matching the dictionary. The name is used by Muslim families in north India, and Nagina is also the name of a town in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 1424 · entry nigīn, nigīna (نگين، نگينه) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, nigīn, nigīna, p. 1424
Spellings
Nagina · Nageena · Nageen · Nigina