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), 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 (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 Juhlin (born 1962), American 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