Given name · also Old Norse
Dagny
“born on a bright new day”
Dagny is used as a given name. One interpretation is “born on a bright new day.”
Original Old NorseDagný
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “born on a bright new day.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
Its Old Norse formation brings together dag (“day”) and ný (“new”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dagny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,704
- 0 boys · 1,704 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #5,279 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,279 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 32.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 81 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,234 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.
Dagny’s family of names
Dagny has a related form in Dag. Dagny has a related form in Dagne. Dagny has a related form in Dagna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dagnevariant
- Dagneyvariant
- Dagvariant
- Dagnnylikely variant
- Dagneahvariant
- Dagneavariant
- Dagniavariant
- Dagnavariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dagny
- Dagny JuelNorwegian writer, translator, playwright, poet, and artists' model (1867–1901)
- Dagny CarlssonSwedish blogger centenarian1912–2022
- Dagný BrynjarsdóttirIcelandic association football playerborn 1991
- DagnyNorwegian singer-songwriterborn 1990
- Dagny MellgrenNorwegian footballerborn 1978
- Dagny ServaesGerman-Austrian actress1894–1961
- Dagny BangNorwegian physician1868–1944
- Dagny Knutsonswimmerborn 1992
- Dagny LindSwedish actress1902–1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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