Neagu
# Neagu

Neagu is a Romanian-language name.

The name is related to Neagoe or Neagoie, a Romanian surname of Bulgarian origin - a variation of the medieval male Bulgarian name Няголь (Niagolь), modern Niagol. The name is derived from the Old Bulgarian and Old Slavic word neaga (care, nurture) and means "caretaker", someone who takes good care of those around him.

One of the oldest attestations of Neagoe as a given name is Neagoe Basarab, Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia between 1512 and 1521, from the old princely family of Basarab (probably of cumanic origin).

## People with the surname

* Alexandru Cătălin Neagu (born 1993), Romanian professional footballer
* Alexandru Neagu (1948–2010), Romanian footballer
* Andreas Neagu (born 1985), German-born Romanian bobsledder
* Cristian Neagu (born 1980), Romanian retired footballer and manager
* Cristina Neagu (born 1988), Romanian professional handballer
* Dragoș Neagu (born 1967), retired Romanian rower
* George Neagu (born 1985), Romanian professional footballer
* Ionuț Neagu (born 1989), Romanian professional footballer
* Marian Neagu (born 1991), Romanian professional footballer
* Paul Neagu (1938–2004), British-Romanian artist
* Răzvan Neagu (born 1987), Romanian former football player
* Theodor Anton Neagu (1932–2017), Romanian micropaleontologist & stratigrapher
* Traian Neagu (born 1987), Romanian sprint canoeist

## People with the given name

* Neagu Bratu (born 1935), Romanian former sports shooter
* Neagu Djuvara (1916–2018), Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat
* Neagu Rădulescu (1912–1972), Romanian prose writer and caricaturist
