Gender Masculine
Usage Germanic
Meaning & History
The name given to Mieszko I, the first historically known Piast duke of the Polans, in Dagome iudex, a document relating to Poland and placing the Polish state under the protection of the Apostolic See. Dagome is a melding of two names: the Christian Dago, for "Dagobert" (Mieszko's baptismal name), and the Slavic Me, for "Mieszko."