73%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak Pronounced Pron. DOW-mar(Danish) /ˈdak.maʁ/(German) /ˈdaɡ.mar/(Czech) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid". This was the name adopted by the popular Bohemian wife of the Danish king Valdemar II when they married in 1205. Her birth name was Markéta. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootsdagr + mærDiminutivesDáša(Czech) Dáša(Slovak) Other Languages & CulturesDagmær(Old Norse) Dagmara(Polish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #146 in 1997 Belgium Last ranked #745 in 1970 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #189 in 2014 Czechia Last ranked #465 in 2012 Netherlands Last ranked #990 in 1915 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class natural strong strange complex serious Name DaysName Days? Austria: May 24Czechia: December 20Estonia: November 26Norway: September 27Sweden: September 27 Categories Captain Superlative characters, currently out of the US top 1000, days, queens, time periods, times of day, youth