Dagmar
Dagmar is a female given name and an extremely rare male given name. The usual male form is Dagomar , but this is also almost extinct today.
In Denmark in particular , Dagmar has found widespread use, which is why it is generally regarded as a “typically Danish” woman's name.
Origin and meaning
Dagmar is probably a feminine form of the name of Dagomar . This is derived from dag- , meaning unclear, perhaps from Celtic dago beautiful , good and mers , mari , Germanic for famous . A derivation from Thankmar is also possible . Similar names are Waldemar , Ingmar , u. a. Even Scrooge / Taginbert (with the female variant Dagoberta ) or one of the short forms derived (as Dago are related name forms).
In Danish , folk etymology often means “famous day” (from dag for day and meri for famous). For this purpose, alleged evidence from Old High German ( tag mâri for "the bright day") is cited. Queen Dagmar of Bohemia was also given the meaning of day maiden , dawn .
Dagmar has no linguistic relationship to the Slavic name Dragomira , a direct derivation is unlikely.
The name became really popular in the 19th century due to the Dagmar in the historical novel Valdemar Sejr about the life of Waldemar II by Bernhard Ingemann (1826).
name day
September 28th / May 24th
Well-known namesake
A name
- Dagmar of Bohemia (* around 1186, † 1212), saint, Catholic feast day: May 24th
- Dagmar of Denmark (1847–1928), Russian tsarina
- Dagmar of Denmark (1890–1961) , Danish princess
First name
- Dagmar Altrichter (1924-2010), German actress
- Dagmar Belakowitsch (* 1968), Austrian politician (FPÖ)
- Dagmar Berghoff (* 1943), German television presenter
- Dagmar Bergmeister (1929–2013), German television announcer
- Dagmar Chidolue (* 1944), German writer
- Dagmar Dreke (* 1958), German actress, singer, dubbing and audio book speaker
- Dagmar Enkelmann (* 1956), German politician (Die Linke)
- Dagmar Frederic (* 1945), German entertainer
- Dagmar Geppert (* 1980), German actress and radio play speaker
- Dagmar von Gersdorff (* 1938), German writer and literary scholar
- Dagmar Hase (* 1969), German swimmer
- Dagmar Havlová (* 1953), Czech actress
- Dagmar Heller (voice actress ) (1947–2015), German actress and voice actress
- Dagmar Heller (theologian) (* 1959), German theologian
- Dagmar Hoßfeld (* 1960), German children's book author
- Dagmar Käsling (* 1947), German athlete
- Dagmar Kersten (* 1970), German gymnast
- Dagmar Koller (* 1939), Austrian singer, dancer and actress
- Dagmar Lurz (* 1959), German figure skater
- Dagmar Manzel (* 1958), German actress
- Dagmar Metzger (* 1958), German politician (SPD)
- Dagmar Nick (* 1926), German poet and writer
- Dagmar Patrasová (* 1956), Czech actress and singer
- Dagmar Pohlmann (* 1972), German soccer player
- Dagmar Rom (* 1928), Austrian ski racer
- Dagmar Rosenfeld (* 1974), German journalist
- Dagmar Sachse (* 1970), German theater and film actress
- Dagmar Schipanski (* 1943), German scientist and politician
- Dagmar Schmidt (politician, 1948) (1948–2005), German politician (SPD), Meschede
- Dagmar Schmidt (artist) (* 1963), German artist
- Dagmar Schmidt (politician, 1973) (* 1973), German politician (SPD), Wetzlar
- Dagmar Seifert (* 1955), German writer
- Dagmar Täube (* 1961), German art historian, museum director in Lübeck since 2016
- Dagmar Uebelhör (* 1965), German soccer player
- Dagmar Varady (* 1961), German concept and media artist
- Dagmar Wöhrl (* 1954), German politician
- Dagmar Yu-Dembski (* 1943), German journalist and author of Chinese descent
family name
- Berthe Dagmar (1881–1934), French actress
pseudonym
- Dagmar (1921–2001), American presenter and entertainer
- Dagmar Lay D. (* 1962), German pop singer
useful information
The name Dagmar also occurs extremely rarely in men. One example is the soccer player Dagmar Drewes , who played for Preußen Münster in the first season of the Bundesliga .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden, Lexicon of Given Names, Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Zurich, 2013, p. 100