Nagisa
- For the Persian given name Nagisa or Nakisa, see: Nakisa
| Nagisa | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Nagisa (なぎさ, ナギサ) is a Japanese given name used by either sex and is occasionally used as a surname.
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
- Nagisa Arakaki (渚; born 1980), Japanese professional baseball player
- Nagisa Futami (渚 二見) Japanese voice actress
- Nagisa Katahira (なぎさ; born 1959), Japanese television actress
- Nagisa Nozaki (渚; born 1990), Japanese professional wrestler
- Nagisa Oshima (渚; born 1932), Japanese film director
Characters
- Nagisa Aoi (渚砂), the main character in the Strawberry Panic! series
- Nagisa Furukawa (渚), the main heroine in the Clannad series
- Nagisa Chiba (千葉 凪沙), a character in the Code Geass anime
- Nagisa Iwashiro (渚), a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
- Nagisa Misumi (美墨 なぎさ), co-protagonist in the original Pretty Cure anime
- Nagisa Akatsuki (暁 凪沙), a character in the anime series Strike the Blood
- Nagisa Sagan (目渚), a character of the manga and anime series Loveless
- Nagisa Hazuki (葉月 渚), a character of the anime series Free!
- Nagisa Motomiya (本宮凪沙) one of the main characters in AKB0048
- Nagisa Kisaragi (ナギサ・キサラギ) one of the main characters in Firestorm
- Nagisa Momoe (百江 なぎさ), a character in the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Nagisa Shiota (潮田 渚), one of the main characters in the manga series Assassination Classroom
- Nagisa Shingetsu (新月 渚), a character from Danganronpa
Surname
- Kaworu Nagisa, a character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise
- Azuya Nagisa, a character from Clamp School Detectives
- Ouka Nagisa, a secondary antagonist in the videogames Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 and Super Robot Wars: Original Generations, as well as the animated adaptation Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector.
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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