Boy · Old Slavic
Dragomir
Say it: DRAH-goh-meer
Meaning
From Slavic drag 'dear, precious' and mir 'peace, world' (some scholars think -mir in old names first reflected Germanic -mar 'famous').
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
An old South Slavic dithematic name, rare today.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- 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
Other spellings: Драгомир
| Czech | Drahomír |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Dragomir |
| Polish | Dragomir |
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Where this comes from
- Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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