Nagy - wikipedia Nagy Nagy ( pronounced ( ˈnɒɟ ) ) is the most popular Hungarian surname, meaning `` great ''. 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 Anikó Nagy ( born 1970 ), Hungarian handball player Antal Nagy ( disambiguation ) Balazs Nagy, birth name of Michel Varga Béla Szőkefalvi - Nagy ( 1913 -- 1998 ), Hungarian mathematician 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 ) 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 Ilona Nagy ( born 1951 ), Hungarian handball player Imre Nagy ( pentathlete ) ( born 1933 ), Hungarian pentathlete Imre Nagy ( 1896 -- 1958 ), politician, twice Prime Minister of Hungary István Nagy ( disambiguation ) Ivan Boszormenyi - Nagy ( 1920 -- 2007 ), therapist and writer on family relations János Nagy, Hungarian diplomat Jenene Nagy, American installation artist John A. Nagy, American author of espionage during the American Revolution József Nagy ( disambiguation ) 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 ), architect and photographer, instructor at the Bauhaus László Nagy ( born 1921 ), Chief Executive of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1968 -- 1985 László Nagy ( disambiguation ) 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 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 ) Phyllis Nagy ( born 1962 ), American theater and film director Róbert Nagy ( speedway rider ) ( born 1967 ), Hungarian motorcyclist Róbert Nagy ( footballer ) ( born 1987 ), Hungarian football player Robert Nagy ( tenor ) ( 1929 -- 2008 ), American operatic tenor 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 ( sprint canoer ), Hungarian sprint canoer 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 former sex slave 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 ) Zsolt Nagy ( born 1971 ), Romanian politician Zsolt Nagy ( footballer ) ( born 1979 ), Hungarian football player Zsuzsanna Nagy ( born 1986 ), Hungarian ice dancer It is also common among ethnic Hungarians in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, where it is spelled Nađ ( Serbian : Нађ ) : Albert Nađ ( born 1974 ), footballer Antonija Nađ ( born 1986 ), sprint canoer Kosta Nađ ( 1911 -- 1986 ), Yugoslav Army general This page lists people with the surname Nagy. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. 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Question: where does the last name nagy come from
Answer: the most popular Hungarian surname, meaning "great"