Hagen (first name)
Hagen is a Germanic male given name .
Origin and meaning
The name Hagen goes back to the ambiguous tribe hag : Old High German "fence, fenced property"; germanic * hag- "convenient, suitable, skillful". The name can be interpreted as "Heger" or "Protector". He is known for the figure of Hagen von Tronje from the Nibelungenlied . Another literary figure is Hagen von Ireland , an Irish king in the Middle High German epic Kudrun .
In Danish , the name also occurs as a variant of the Norwegian first name Haakon .
Name bearer
- Hagen Boßdorf (* 1964), German journalist
- Hagen Drasdo (* 1952), German artist, communication designer, museum planner and exhibition designer
- Hagen Fleischer (* 1944), German-Greek historian
- Hagen Hilderhof (* 1937), German freelance sculptor
- Hagen Jobi (* 1947), German local politician
- Hagen Keller (* 1937), German historian
- Hagen Klein (* 1949), German motorcycle racer
- Hagen Kleinert (* 1941), German physicist
- Hagen Graf Lambsdorff (* 1935), German journalist and diplomat
- Hagen Liebing (1961–2016), German musician and music journalist
- Hagen Matzeit (* 1970), German countertenor and baritone, film composer and producer
- Hagen Möckel (* 1964), German actor and voice actor
- Hagen Mueller-Stahl (1926–2019), German actor and theater and film director
- Hagen Nerdinger (1937–2017), German draftsman and graphic artist
- Hagen von Ortloff (* 1949), German journalist and television presenter
- Hagen Pfundner (* 1960), German pharmacist and industry manager, board member of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
- Hagen Poetsch (* 1991), German chess player
- Hagen Rether (* 1969), German cabaret artist
- Hagen Schulze (1943–2014), German historian
- Hagen Stamm (* 1960), German water polo player and coach
- Hagen Stoll (* 1975), German musician and producer
- Hagen Wiel (* 1975), German film director, screenwriter, video artist and film producer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wilfried Seibicke : Historical German first name book . tape 2 , FK. De Gruyter, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-11-016196-6 , p. 257 .
- ↑ Jörg Oberste : The treasure of the Nibelungs. Myth and History . Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-7857-2318-0 , p. 208 .