Dagmar
One of the rare Polish names given to both women and men: of fewer than 200 people who carry it, a little over half are women. Germanic at root, joining *dag*, day, with a second part read as maiden.
Dagmar Pronunciation
Dagmar is pronounced DAHG-mahr (/ˈdagmar/).
What Dagmar means
Where Dagmar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dagmar rises from Germanic roots. It joins dag, meaning day, with a second element read as maiden, which gives us the short meaning of day maiden. Scandinavia and the German lands took to the name early and kept it.
One bearer fixed it in memory. Dagmar of Denmark was born Markéta in Bohemia, married King Valdemar II around 1205, and died in 1212. Danish folk ballads mourned her for a long time afterward, and Danish children still meet her there. Through her the name traveled north and settled in Scandinavian speech.
Polish keeps a softer variant, Dagmara, with Daga as the friendly short form. Read a class register in a Polish school and you may find a Dagmara near the top, a Daga beside her at break. The day maiden answers to both.
How many people are named Dagmar
1 in 199503 women in Poland is named Dagmar. 194 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2270 among female names.
Dagmar's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Dagmar as a middle name
Dagmar is a first name for 194 women in Poland and a middle name for another 58, a 77/23 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 893rd, between Celine (58) and Eligia (58).
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#891 Annabelle58
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#892 Celine58
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#893 Dagmar58
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#894 Eligia58
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#895 Ingryda58