Dag (name)
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. It is 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:
Given name
- Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician
- Dag Arnesen, Norwegian jazz musician
- Dag Arvas, Swedish Navy rear admiral
- Dag Berggrav, Norwegian jurist, civil servant and sports administrator
- Dag Bjørndalen, Norwegian former biathlete
- Dag Fornæss, Norwegian former speed skater
- Dag Frøland, Norwegian comedian, revue artist and singer
- Dag Gundersen, Norwegian linguist and lexicographer
- Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish UN Secretary-General
- Dag Hartelius, Swedish diplomat
- Dag Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian, former editor-in-chief of the Norwegian weekly news magazine Ny Tid
- Dag Heward-Mills, Ghanaian Christian evangelist and author
- Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian musician
- Dag Larsson, Swedish politician
- Dag Otto Lauritzen, Norwegian cyclist
- Dag Alexander Olsen, Norwegian footballer
- Dag Palovic, Slovakian Pokerstars Team Pro Member
- Dag Erik Pedersen, Norwegian cyclist
- Dag Prawitz, Swedish philosopher and logician
- Dag Ringsson, Norwegian, member of Olav Haraldsson's army at the battle of Stiklest
- Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian musicologist, composer, music critic and biographer
- Dag Solstad, Norwegian author
- Dag Spantell, Norwegian singer
- Dag Volle, Swedish pop music producer
- Dag C. Weberg, Norwegian politician
- Dag Wennlund, Swedish javelin thrower
- Dag Wirén, Swedish composer
Nickname
- "Dags", Daryl Somers, an Australian television personality
- "DAG", David Alan Grier's nickname based on his initials
Surname
- Burcu Dağ, Turkish para-archer
- Ekrem Dağ, Turkish football player
- Şevket Dağ, 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