The first name Dagmar
A girl’s name.
Pronounced /ˈdæɡmɑː(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name from the Germanic languages of Danish origin, in occasional use since the end of the 19th century.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Dagmar at birth, 1880–2025
In 2019, 5 girls born in the United States were named Dagmar, the 16,095th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1915, when 45 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Dagmar in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Dagmar in Czech, Danish and Portuguese too.
Famous people named Dagmar
26 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)Empress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
- Princess Dagmar of DenmarkDanish princess (1890-1961); daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden
- Dagmar NeubauerEast German sprinter, born 1962
- Dagmar LassanderGerman actress, born 1943
- Dagmar KäslingEast German sprinter, born 1947
- Dagmar HavlováCzech actress (1953- )
- Dagmar RomAlpine skier (1928–2022)
- Dagmar OverbyDanish serial child killer (1887–1929)
- Dagmar ManzelGerman actress, born 1958
- Dagmar KerstenEast German gymnast, born 1970
- Dagmar LurzGerman figure skater, born 1959
- Dagmar ŠvubováCzechoslovak cross-country skier, born 1958
Questions
- Is Dagmar a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 1,592 US babies named Dagmar since 1880 were girls.
- When was Dagmar most popular?
- 1915 in the United States, when 45 babies were named Dagmar, its highest rank at 993rd.
- How do you pronounce Dagmar?
- Dagmar is /ˈdæɡmɑː(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.