Gender | Female and Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Old Norse Old Saxon |
Meaning | dagr (day) mær (maid) mari (famous) |
Region of origin | Scandinavia Germany |
Other names | |
Related names | Dragomira |
Dagmar is a Scandinavian given name. It is usually female (but occasionally also male). The name derives from the Old Norse name (Dagmær), dagr meaning "day", and mær meaning "daughter", "mother" and "maiden" (or mari meaning "famous" and "powerful" in Old Saxon). Outside of Scandinavia, Dagmar is also used in Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland (Dagmara), Slovakia and Switzerland.