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Dag - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Dag

[ 1 syll. dag, da-g ] The boy name Dag is pronounced as DAEG KEY. Dag is a Scandinavian name of Old Norse origin. Derived from the word 'dagr' with the meaning day. An older form of the name is Dagr (Old Norse). In Norse mythology, Dagr was the personification of day. He was the son of the god Dellingr and the goddess Nótt, who personified night.

Dag is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Dag include the English Dace, the name Dack, the Japanese Daichi, the English Dax, the English and Irish Dec, the English Deck, the English Dek, the English Deke, the English Deus, the English Dex, the Romanian Dic, the English Dick, the German Dietz, the Igbo Dike, the English Doc, the Scottish and English Doug, the Vietnamese Duc, the Scottish Dug, the English and Irish Duke, and the English Dutch.

A famous person named Dag is Politician Dag Hammarskjold, born Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld 29 July 1905 - 18 September 1961, Jönköping, Sweden.

KEY: English pronunciation for Dag: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)"


 
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