Dagmar
Dagmar is a Scandinavian given name. It is usually female. The name derives from the Old Norse name (Dagmær), dagr meaning "day", and mær meaning "daughter", "mother" and "maiden". Outside of Scandinavia, Dagmar is also used in Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland (Dagmara), Slovakia and Switzerland.
- Danish
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Icelandic
Meaning & Origin of Dagmar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dagmar is a Scandinavian given name. It is usually female. The name derives from the Old Norse name (Dagmær), dagr meaning "day", and mær meaning "daughter", "mother" and "maiden". Outside of Scandinavia, Dagmar is also used in Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland (Dagmara), Slovakia and Switzerland.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Danish
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Icelandic
- German
- Czech
- Slovak
The Story of Dagmar
American parents first put Dagmar on the record books as a baby girl name in 1883, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1915, when 45 Dagmars were born — ranking #990 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2019 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 2K Dagmars have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Dagmar
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dagmar. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Dáša
Notable people named Dagmar
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- Dagmar (1921–2001), American actress
- Dagmar of Bohemia (1186–1212), Queen Consort of Denmark, wife of King Valdemar II of Denmark
- Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) (1847–1928), Empress Consort of Russia and mother of Emperor Nicholas II
- Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1890–1961), daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and his wife, Princess Louise of Sweden and Norway
- Dagmar Berghoff (born 1943), German radio and television presenter, first female newsreader on German TV
- Dagmar Berne (1865–1900), Australian medical doctor; first female student to study medicine in Australia
- Dagmar Bláhová (born 1949), Czech actress
- Dagmar Braun Celeste (born 1941), former First Lady of Ohio
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Names that sound like Dagmar
Phonetically similar names — useful when Dagmar is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Dagmar
Dagmar is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1883 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Dagmar's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #990. Use the chart and map above to compare Dagmar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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