85%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Tagalog Pronounced Pron. ee-sa-GA-nee [key·IPA] Meaning & History Possibly from Tagalog masaganang ani meaning "bountiful harvest". This is the name of a character in the novel El Filibusterismo (1891) by José Rizal. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details DiminutiveGani Categories food, history, invented, journalists, justice, literature, politics, prosperity, uncertain etymology