Girl · Old Norse
Dagný
Say it: DAHG-nee
Meaning
From Old Norse dagr 'day' and ný 'new'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Revived in Norway and Sweden around 1900 and still in use.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1900s
In the United States
- 1,559 babies given this name since 1893
- At its height in 1901, about 1 in 18,400 girls
- 36 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Norwegian | Dagny |
|---|---|
| Swedish | Dagny |
Famous bearers
- Dagny Juel, Norwegian writer
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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