Meaning of the nameDagmar

Dagmar is a name of Norse or Slavic origin: Behind the Name explains it as 'day' and 'maiden', and Wiktionary links it to the Slavic name Dragomíra.

Meaning

“'day' + 'maiden' (Old Norse dagr and mær), or 'dear' + 'peace' (Slavic)”

Source: Wiktionary: Dagmar (dinamarquês) · Behind the Name: Dagmar

People (2022): 8,732
Rank in Brazil: #1,881
Median age: 58 years
2010 Census: 10,845; people

Dagmar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dagmar, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (2,208 people).

7,598 women 1,134 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Dagmar is most common

States with the highest share of people named Dagmar in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,242	0.005%
Minas Gerais	1,444	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	1,089	0.007%
Bahia	629	0.004%
Goiás	406	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	381	0.004%
Santa Catarina	364	0.005%
Paraná	361	0.003%
Espírito Santo	199	0.005%
Pernambuco	180	0.002%
Distrito Federal	164	0.006%
Maranhão	154	0.002%
Pará	134	0.002%
Mato Grosso	121	0.003%
Piauí	117	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	107	0.003%
Ceará	105	0.001%
Amazonas	99	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	97	0.004%
Paraíba	89	0.002%
Alagoas	59	0.002%
Tocantins	59	0.004%
Rondônia	46	0.003%
Sergipe	37	0.002%
Roraima	23	0.004%
Acre	17	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Dagmar

Wiktionary records Dagmar in Portuguese as a borrowing from Danish. Behind the Name derives it from Old Norse Dagmær, formed from dagr ('day') and mær ('maiden'). Wiktionary's Danish entry gives another origin: the name would originally have been Dragomíra, from Slavic elements meaning 'dear' and 'peace', adapted in medieval Danish to the words dag ('day') and már ('maiden'). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,732 people named Dagmar, with a median age of 58. In Brazil, the name is used mostly by women, but also by men.

Sources

Wiktionary: Dagmar (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Dagmar (dinamarquês) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Dagmar · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Dagmar

What does the name Dagmar mean?

Dagmar means “'day' + 'maiden' (Old Norse dagr and mær), or 'dear' + 'peace' (Slavic)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Dagmar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,732 people with the first name Dagmar, which ranks it number 1,881 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Dagmar a boy's or a girl's name?

Dagmar is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 7,598 women and 1,134 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Dagmar?

Dagmar is a name of Germanic and Slavic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Dagmar most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.007% of the state's population is named Dagmar (1,444 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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