Given name
Vagn
“cart”
Vagn is a masculine given name, probably from Old Norse and perhaps meaning “cart.” It is used in Danish.
Meaning & origin
Vagn’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Vagn has a feminine form in VAGNA.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vagn
- Vagn Walfrid EkmanSwedish oceanographer1874–1954
- Vagn HolmboeDanish composer (1909-1996)
- Vagn BangsborgDanish cyclist, born 1936
- Vagn BennikeDanish general (1888–1970)
- Vagn IngerslevDanish tennis player (1885-1952)
- Vagn LundbyeDanish author (1933-2016)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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