Do you like the name Dagmar?

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What do you think of the name Dagmar for a female?

That's a name which doesn't translate well outside of its original nationality. Probably wouldn't work well for anyone outside of Germany.

The first person who came to mind for me was Dagmar Krause. Excellent singer; I love Henry Cow.

I knew somebody in primary school called Dagmar, Unfortunately she was one of the kids who picked on me.

Sorry, no. It's very far from being a fave name for me. It's closeness to Dagros doesn't help either.

713 women are named Dagmar here in Norway, according to SSB.

I actually kind of like it. I don't like the fact that it reminds me of Dagwood though. A name that is somewhat similar to that, and one I wanted to name one of my daughters (but my husband vetoed it because I never would let him name either of the boys 'James Tiberius' - yes, he's NT too). The name is Deren. Pronounced Darren, as in Darren Stephens on Bewitched back when I was a kid, before cable. This was my midwife's name. She was a friend and caught my last three babies for me. Her Dad was a Rabbi, but I don't know what nationality her name was because I don't know what country his family came from. The last name might help, but I'm not typing that. It's probably Eastern European. She looked kind of Slavic to me. Really pretty with long black hair and pretty, dark eyes. She had said that nobody had ever named their baby after her, because of her "weird name" and because it's Alabama.

Another unusual name for a girl I like is Hansell. As in candy house. But it's the feminine spelling with two L's. I knew a man named Hansel once, he took my thyroid out when I was 23 years old, and later on I had a lady therapist by the same name. I tend to remember names I like, which is how I named my daughters after two girls I had worked with at the hospital who I really admired, but whose names I also liked. One was a former Mrs Alabama and a L&D nurse and the other was married to an orthopod but worked with me in the nursery and we both had our first babies a week apart, hers was a boy just like mine was so we talked on the phone a lot during maternity leave and compared notes.

Angelina Therese is a nice name, as is Mariangela.

What are you naming? A baby, a pet?

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I've never met anyone with that name before. The name looks very foreign to me. Although I don't know exactly how it's pronounced, it looks/sounds rather masculine to me. Not that anything's wrong with that.

I don't like or dislike that name.

It's not uncommon here ... had a female guide called Dagmar.

Yes, I think it's beautiful. I like German names.

I like it, but it doesn't come across as particularly feminine to me.

It sounds pokemonish and I don't really like it on a human.

Nah. My favourite female name is Phoebe.

I think it sounds like a BOY'S name!!

Thank you for all your replies!