Given name
Bragi
“the first, premier, chief”
Bragi is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic, meaning “the first, premier, chief.” It is used in Faroese, Icelandic, and Old Norse.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Proto-Germanic *bragz (“the first, premier, chief”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bragi’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Bragi has a feminine form in BRAGA.
The ring: across languages.
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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