Dag Forename

34,526th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 22,554 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Dag Forename User-submission:

Dag is a common Scandinavian given name, especially in Norway. It comes from the Old Norse word 'dagr' meaning 'day.'

Dag Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway
100%
14,3491:35883
Sweden
100%
4,0151:2,455360
India
 
53%
7801:1,557,53688,300
Germany
100%
6241:154,9322,717
Russia
99%
 
5821:247,8243,430
United States
100%
5611:646,23315,661
Poland
 
85%
2361:161,1323,078
Denmark-1801:31,3861,469
Brazil
100%
1201:1,785,30139,051
Canada
100%
951:348,77210,504
Finland
100%
741:74,0972,048
Estonia
100%
661:19,9301,700
Belgium
100%
651:176,7704,623
England
100%
651:855,43015,073
DR Congo
100%
551:1,342,32036,691
Croatia
100%
541:78,0942,186
Thailand
99%
 
441:1,592,40548,846
Dominican Republic-431:242,5889,234
Netherlands
70%
 
421:402,43110,980
Switzerland
100%
391:210,6024,800
Czechia
 
52%
341:313,4171,996
France
100%
341:1,955,01011,553
Philippines
96%
 
321:3,312,79664,351
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
Ethiopia-251:3,902,40510,287
Papua New Guinea
69%
 
251:326,09326,118
Pakistan
84%
 
221:8,834,44066,641
Indonesia-151:17,197,578460,669
Qatar
100%
151:157,97416,771
South Africa
100%
141:3,895,18990,619
Ireland-121:386,9605,608
Slovakia
100%
111:482,7332,217
Ghana
100%
91:2,998,4685,965
Italy
81%
 
91:6,784,67726,090
Morocco-91:3,816,5158,291
Spain-91:5,169,99615,759
Nigeria
100%
81:22,195,545185,172
Iran-71:11,213,83830,178
Azerbaijan
100%
61:1,607,15718,833
British Virgin Islands-61:5,208987
Kazakhstan
75%
 
61:2,957,80819,121
China-51:273,211,15675,889
Singapore-51:1,257,41116,611
Taiwan-51:4,753,93676,486
Afghanistan
100%
41:8,155,87935,337
Chile
100%
41:4,401,80221,957
Malaysia
80%
 
41:7,612,485167,458
Mexico
100%
41:31,036,10761,748
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Argentina
100%
31:14,257,74823,489
Bhutan
100%
31:274,9764,070
Ecuador-31:5,908,97318,111
Jersey-31:33,3271,495
Uganda
100%
31:13,652,30774,436
United Arab Emirates-31:2,383,99875,650
Venezuela
100%
31:10,067,298111,314
Vietnam
100%
31:30,874,3715,995
Zambia-31:5,284,93137,895
Armenia-21:1,459,37610,220
Burkina Faso
50%
 
21:9,189,73469,235
Congo
100%
21:2,504,60231,783
Georgia-21:1,869,23320,119
Hungary
100%
21:4,895,8864,852
Israel
85%
 
21:4,201,45930,777
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Liberia
100%
21:2,206,03027,695
Montenegro
100%
21:317,2883,822
Nicaragua
100%
21:3,009,16824,322
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Peru
100%
21:15,895,72774,652
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Lesotho-11:2,039,99747,971
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Paraguay-11:7,236,80516,549
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Scotland
100%
11:5,350,36624,769
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Slovenia
100%
11:2,458,7586,723
South Sudan
100%
11:11,551,0193,224
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474

Dag (7,171) may also be a surname.

Dag Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Dag is a common Scandinavian given name, especially in Norway. It comes from the Old Norse word 'dagr' meaning 'day.'

- colinrs487

Dag Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daag86123/
Dagh86106/
Dajg86103/
Dags8678/
Daug8677/
Dhag8662/
Daig8639/
Dagg8622/
Deag8614/
Dayg869/
Dagz864/
Dagp863/
Dgag863/
Dagt863/
Dakg862/
Dagx862/
Dagk861/
Dahg861/
Dasg861/
Ddag861/
Dagc861/
Dagë861/
Dague754,090/
Daugh7524/
Dhagg7514/
Daigh7511/
Dahag758/
Dhaug757/
Dhags754/
Ddhag753/
Daggs753/
Deagt752/
Daisg752/
Daskg751/
Daugk751/
Dagkg751/
Dajgt751/
Dajgp751/
Deagh751/
Daysg751/
Deags751/
Dasgh751/
Daigg751/
Dahgz751/
Dag's751/
Dhaig751/
Dheag751/
Tdagq751/
Dak6751,767/
Dac676,582/
Dax675,749/
Dog67485/
Daq6746/
Daygue6716/
Daigue676/
Dagowa675/
Dakgue674/
Dayaeg671/
Hdhagh671/
Hdahag671/
Dazgue671/
Daugth671/
Dhagsh671/
Daïgue671/

Dag Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dag in the Russian language
Дагdag-

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