The Negi are a caste of India. Almost all people in the Kinnaur region of Himachal Pradesh refer to themselves as Negi, other than metal-workers and weavers.
Negi is a surname that is used in the Garhwal and Kumaon regions in the Himalayan state of Uttarkhand, India. Historically, the word 'Negi' means "royal" and "noble".