Nagina is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

According to Paul Whalley, the name Nagīnā may ultimately come from Sanskrit nāga-ina, meaning "snake lord", via a regularly-derived intermediate form *Nāgena.

[4]: 18–9  Nagina is also the word for "Jewel" (See Negin), it was named by Syed's who received this place as jagir by the Mughals.

Currently, Bigg Boss member and famous YouTuber Rider 07 has also come here to eat[5] During the British period, it remained the headquarters of Nagina Tahsil, Bijnor district, in the United Province; and from 1817 to 1824, it was the headquarters of newly formed Northern Moradabad district.

[6] The rise of Rohilla power in the area was marked by an 18th-century fort, which was later used as tahsil or tehsil offices.