Dag (name)

For other uses, see Dag.

Dag is a masculine Scandinavian given name derived from the Old Norse dagr, meaning "day" (or the name of the god Dagr, a personification of the day), most commonly used in Norway and Sweden. In Sweden, September 16 is Dag's Name Day. Dag is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Dag include:

Dag

Pronunciation	Swedish: [ˈdɑːɡ]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Norwegian, Swedish
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Meaning	Dagr (day)
Region of origin	Scandinavia

Given name

• Dag Terje Andersen (born 1957), Norwegian politician
• Dag Arnesen (born 1950), Norwegian jazz musician
• Dag Arvas (1913–2004), Swedish Navy rear admiral
• Dag Berggrav (1925–2003), Norwegian jurist, civil servant and sports administrator
• Dag Bjørndalen (born 1970), former Norwegian biathlete
• Dag Fornæss (born 1948), Norwegian, former speed skater
• Dag Frøland (1945–2010), Norwegian comedian, revue artist and singer
• Dag Gundersen (1928–2016), Norwegian linguist and lexicographer
• Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961), Swedish UN Secretary-General (1953–1961)
• Dag Hartelius (born 1955), Swedish diplomat
• Dag Herbjørnsrud (born 1971), Norwegian, former editor-in-chief of the Norwegian weekly news magazine Ny Tid
• Dag Heward-Mills (born 1963), Ghanaian Christian evangelist and author
• Dag Ingebrigtsen (born 1958), Norwegian musician
• Dag Larsson (born 1960), Swedish politician
• Dag Otto Lauritzen (born 1956), Norwegian cyclist
• Dag Alexander Olsen (born 1989), Norwegian footballer
• Dag Palovic (born 1975), Slovakian Pokerstars Team Pro Member
• Dag Erik Pedersen (born 1959), Norwegian cyclist
• Dag Prawitz (born 1936), Swedish philosopher and logician
• Dag Ringsson (died ), Norwegian, member of Olav Haraldsson's army at the battle of Stiklest
• Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe (1926–2013), Norwegian musicologist, composer, music critic and biographer
• Dag Solstad (born 1941), Norwegian author
• Dag Spantell (born 1950), Norwegian singer
• Dag Volle (1963–1998) (Denniz Pop), Swedish pop music producer
• Dag Wennlund, (born 1963) Swedish javelin thrower
• Dag C. Weberg (born 1937), Norwegian politician
• Dag Wirén (1905–1986), Swedish composer

Nickname

• "Dags", Daryl Somers, an Australian television personality
• "DAG", David Alan Grier's nickname based on his initials

Surname

• Burcu Dağ (born 1981), Turkish para-archer
• Ekrem Dağ (born 1980), Turkish football player
• Şevket Dağ (1876–1944), Turkish artist and politician

Fictional characters

• Dag Redwing Hickory, male protagonist of Lois McMaster Bujold's series of novels "The Sharing Knife"
• Rick "Dag" Dagless, a character on the TV series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
• Daggett Doofus Beaver, a cartoon character from Nickelodeon TV Series "The Angry Beavers"
• Dag Daughtry, a character in Jack London's novel Michael, Brother of Jerry
• The Dag, a character in the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road
• Dag, the main antagonist of Barnyard