Dagmar
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name borrowed from Danish in the 19th century.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Dagmar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Dagmar has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,635 |
| 2000 | 5,335 |
| 2001 | 5,039 |
| 2002 | 4,731 |
| 2003 | 4,432 |
| 2004 | 4,161 |
| 2005 | 3,933 |
| 2006 | 3,707 |
| 2007 | 3,469 |
| 2008 | 3,271 |
| 2009 | 3,044 |
| 2010 | 2,837 |
| 2011 | 2,651 |
| 2012 | 2,459 |
| 2013 | 2,300 |
| 2014 | 2,159 |
| 2015 | 2,021 |
| 2016 | 1,875 |
| 2017 | 1,730 |
| 2018 | 1,625 |
| 2019 | 1,524 |
| 2020 | 1,428 |
Dagmar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Dagmar.Hi! My name is Dagmar.
- Dagmar bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Dagmar lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Dagmar kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Dagmar is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Dagmars mamma är lärare.Dagmar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Dagmars mamma is Dagmar's mum.
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Questions about Dagmar
How do you pronounce Dagmar in Swedish?
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What does the name Dagmar mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name borrowed from Danish in the 19th century.
How popular is Dagmar in Sweden?
5 babies were named Dagmar in 2022. In 2020, 1,428 people in Sweden had Dagmar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2019 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.