Dagny
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Old Norse. From Old Norse Dagný.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Dagny (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Dagny has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. 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 | – |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 9 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 18 |
| 2014 | 13 |
| 2015 | 26 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 15 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 15 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 6,173 |
| 2000 | 5,859 |
| 2001 | 5,587 |
| 2002 | 5,289 |
| 2003 | 5,004 |
| 2004 | 4,702 |
| 2005 | 4,395 |
| 2006 | 4,134 |
| 2007 | 3,854 |
| 2008 | 3,612 |
| 2009 | 3,364 |
| 2010 | 3,128 |
| 2011 | 2,917 |
| 2012 | 2,715 |
| 2013 | 2,538 |
| 2014 | 2,368 |
| 2015 | 2,218 |
| 2016 | 2,053 |
| 2017 | 1,910 |
| 2018 | 1,758 |
| 2019 | 1,631 |
| 2020 | 1,519 |
Dagny in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Dagny.Hi! My name is Dagny.
- Har du träffat Dagny? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Dagny? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Dagny kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Dagny is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Dagnys mamma är lärare.Dagny's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Dagnys mamma is Dagny's mum.
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Questions about Dagny
How do you pronounce Dagny in Swedish?
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What does the name Dagny mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Old Norse. From Old Norse Dagný.
How popular is Dagny in Sweden?
15 babies were named Dagny in 2022. In 2020, 1,519 people in Sweden had Dagny as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2015 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.