Given name & surname · also Slavonic
Dagmar
“born on a glorious day”
Dagmar is used as a given name and a surname. One Scandinavian interpretation is “born on a glorious day.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “born on a glorious day.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Scandinavian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dagmar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,592
- 0 boys · 1,592 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 45 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,523 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dagmar’s family of names
In East Central German usage, Dagmar has a diminutive in DAGGIE. In Faroese usage, Dagmar shares a linguistic root with the Slovak form Drahomíra. In Slovenian usage, Dagmar has a related form in DAGMARA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dagmar has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
12 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dagmaravariant · Czech, Slovene
- Dagmarkadiminutive · Czech
- Dášapet form · Czech, Slovak
- Dašapet form · Slovene
- Daggiediminutive · gmw-ecg
- Dášenkadiminutive · Czech
- Dagomarrvariant
- Dagmarrvariant
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Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Dagmar
- Princess Dagmar of DenmarkDanish princess (1890-1961); daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden
- Dagmar NeubauerEast German sprinterborn 1962
- Dagmar HaseGerman swimmerborn 1969
- Dagmar KäslingEast German sprinterborn 1947
- Dagmar LassanderGerman actressborn 1943
- Dagmar HavlováCzech actress (1953- )
- Dagmar ManzelGerman actressborn 1958
- Dagmar Romalpine skier (1928–2022)
- Dagmar KerstenEast German gymnastborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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