Boy · Old Norse
Vagn
Say it: VOWN
Meaning
Uncertain; it may come from Old Norse vagn 'wagon' or a related word.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Known from the Jomsviking saga and used in 20th-century Denmark.
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 Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Old Norse | Vagn |
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Famous bearers
- Vagn Ákason, Jomsviking in Jómsvíkinga saga
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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