Dagmar

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dagmar is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name196K records spelled Dagmar20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Netherlands, Brazil

  Languages: German, English, Danish

  Also written Dağmar, Dågmar, Dagmár, Dägmar, Daegmar

• Portuguese given name173K records spelled Dagmar5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Dágmar

• Finnish given name27K records spelled Dagmar4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Latvia, United States, Slovenia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian

  Also written Dagmár

• Russian given name392 records spelled Dagmar7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Russia, United States, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Дагмар, Даґмар

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dagmar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Old Norse/Danish name, probably 'day maiden' or 'famous maiden'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In German, a female given name from Danish, of 19th century origin

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, gegen Ende des 19. Jh.s aus dem

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Gloriosa

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• Scandinavian (now also used in the German-speaking world): of uncertain origin. It would appear to be composed of the Old Scandinavian elements dag day + m r maid. It is possible that it represents a reworking of the Slavonic name Dragomira , composed of the elements dorog dear + meri great, famous (see CASIMIR ). It is now occasionally used also in the English-speaking world.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 108 years between 1883–2019. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maria Feodorovnab. 1847DKnot in their usual nameEmpress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
• Louise, Princess Royalb. 1867GBnot in their usual namethird child and eldest daughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Alexandra of Denmark (1867-1931)
• Princess Dagmar of Denmarkb. 1890DKDanish princess (1890-1961); daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden
• Princess Märtha of Swedenb. 1901SEnot in their usual nameCrown Princess of Norway (1901–1954)
• Dagmar Lassanderb. 1943DEGerman actress
• Queen Anne-Marie of Greeceb. 1946GRnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Greece from 1964 to 1973
• Dagmar Havlováb. 1953CZCzech actress (1953- )
• Dagmar Manzelb. 1958DEGerman actress
• Dagmar Lurzb. 1959DEGerman figure skater
• Katrin Göring-Eckardtb. 1966DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 609 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dagmar?

We estimate roughly 123 thousand people bear Dagmar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Dagmar have the most bearers?

We estimate about 101 thousand people bear Dagmar in the Czechia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled dagmar.

Where is Dagmar most common?

Dagmar is densest in the Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 106 people carrying it.

How common is Dagmar compared with other names?

In the Czechia, Dagmar is the 54th most common given name of 28,899 given names recorded there.

Is Dagmar a male or female name?

Dagmar is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Dagmar mean?

Recorded meaning: Scandinavian origin, from Dagomar; means “glory of the god Dag” (a light deity).