DagR

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Male Name

Usage

Old Norse

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse dagr = 'day' ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Dag	♂
Daga	♀
Dage	♂
Dagh	♂
Dagher	♂
Dagr	♂
DagR	♂
Dagur	♂

Combinations

For combinations see DAG (name element)

Further Information

Mythology

DagR is the personification of the day. He is the son of Nótt (night) by her third husband Dellingr. His wife is Þóra and his horse is Drasill or Skinfaxi ^[2]

Óðinn took Nótt and DagR, gave them two horses and two chariots and sent them into the sky so that they should always ride in two days around the entire earth. Nótt rides in front on the horse called Hrímfaxi and early each day it makes dew fall to the earth from dripping from its bit. DagR's horse is called Skinfaxi and it illuminates the whole sky and the earth with its mane. ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[4]		0	0	0	0
Norway[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		0	0	0	0
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for DagR.

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi