Dagmar (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old Norse |
| Meaning | dagr (day), mær (maid) |
| Region of origin | Scandinavia, Germany |
Dagmar is a feminine Scandinavian given name, also used in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland (Dagmara), The Netherlands and Germany, derived from the Old Norse name (Dagmær), dagr meaning "day", and mær meaning "daughter," "mother" and "maiden."
Nicknames (in Czech): Dagie, Dagmarka, Dasha, Dáša, Digi, Mara. Nicknames (in German): Dagi, Daggi
Dagmar is uncommon as a surname or as a male name.
List of people with the given name Dagmar
- Dagmar of Denmark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dagmar (American actress) (1921–2001), American TV personality
- Dagmar (Puerto Rico entertainer) (born 1959), television host, comedian and singer
- Dagmar Berne (1865–1900), Australian medical doctor; first female student to study medicine in Australia
- Dagmar Bláhová, (born 1949) Czech actress
- Dagmar Braun Celeste (born 1941), former First Lady of Ohio, secretly ordained a "priest" of the Roman Catholic Church under the pseudonym Angela White
- Dagmar Dahlgren (?-?), American singer and motion picture actress
- Dagmar Godowsky (1897–1975), American silent film actress
- Dagmar Hagelin (1959–1977), Argentinian girl who disappeared during Argentina's dirty war
- Dagmar Hase (born 1969), German swimmer
- Dagmar Havlová née Veškrnová (born 1953), Czech actress and wife of Czecho-Slovak president Václav Havel
- Dagmar Kersten (born 1970), German gymnast
- Dagmar Koller (born 1939), Austrian actress and singer
- Dagmar Krause (born 1950), German singer
- Dagmar Lahlum (1922–1999), Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II
- Dagmar Lassander (born 1943), German actress
- Dagmar Lurz (born 1959), German figure skater
- Dagmar Midcap (born 1969), Canadian media personality
- Dagmar Neubauer (born 1962), German athlete
- Dagmar Nordstrom (1903–1976), American composer, pianist, singer
- Dagmar Oakland (1893–1989), American actress
- Dagmar Overbye (1883–1929), Danish child murderer and serial killer
- Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (born 1953), German politician
- Dagmar Salén (1901–1980), Swedish sailor
- Dagmar Švubová (born 1958), Czechoslovak cross country skier
- Dagmar Wöhrl (born 1954), German politician
- Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) (1847-1928), Empress consort of Russia and mother of emperor Nicholas II
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