Dagna
A Germanic name that reads as "new day". It stays rare in Poland: only about 640 women carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Dagna Pronunciation
Dagna is pronounced DAHG-nah (/ˈdagna/).
What Dagna means
Where Dagna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Dagna grew from Germanic roots, out of an old word for day. The meaning given to it, "new day," or "nowy dzień" in Polish, holds on to that morning sense.
Its cognates run across the old Germanic tongues, from the Norse dagr to the German Tag, each one meaning day. There is no saint behind the name and no legend to explain it. It rests on daylight alone. For a Polish family that can be reason enough, a clear word with an open source.
The diminutive is Daga, short and quick to say. You might find it in a school class register, while Dagna stays the full entry on a form at the urząd. Either way the sense stays the same, the light of a new day.
When Dagna celebrates name day
Dagna appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 11 September.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Dagna
1 in 35115 women in Poland is named Dagna. 642 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1177 among female names.
Dagna's popularity over time
8 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #764 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2008.
Where Dagna is most popular
Dagna is most popular in Lower Silesian, 146% above the national average (5 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+110%) and Masovian (+96%).
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Lower Silesian5 girls born+146%
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Pomeranian4 girls born+110%
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Masovian9 girls born+96%
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Greater Poland4 girls born+43%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 girls born+41%
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Lesser Poland4 girls born+36%
Dagna as a middle name
Dagna is a first name for 642 women in Poland and a middle name for another 188, a 77/23 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 492nd, between Ariana (188) and Leona (188).
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#490 Malgorzata189
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#491 Ariana188
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#492 Dagna188
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#493 Leona188
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#494 Lilly188