Dagmar

Where Dagmar comes from

The dictionaries list Dagmar as a given name — a female given name from the Germanic languages of Danish origin, in occasional use since the end of the 19th century — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #692 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1895
    Peak, #622
    24 babies named Dagmar — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,416.
  4. 1962
    Dagmar Neubauer born
    East German sprinter
  5. 1969
    Dagmar Hase born
    German swimmer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages of Danish origin, in occasional use since the end of the 19th century.
Namesakes
  • Dagmar Neubauer · East German sprinter, born 1962
  • Dagmar Hase · German swimmer, born 1969
  • Dagmar Lassander · German actress, born 1943
  • Dagmar Käsling · East German sprinter, born 1947
  • Dagmar Havlová · Czech actress, born 1953

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.