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Originally Dragomira, from Slavonic dorog 'dear' + mir 'peace', rendered into Old Norse to sound like dagr 'day' + már 'maid'.
Pronounced: DAGG-mahr (English) DOH-mahr (Danish, Norwegian)

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Queen Dagmar of Denmark, wife of Valdemar II
Princess Dagmar of Denmark, later Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Alexander III
Dagmar, American actress, and television personality of the 1950s (born Virginia Ruth Egnor)
Dagmar Krause, German singer
Dagmar Hase, German swimmer
Dagmar Lahlum, Norwegian resistance fighter
Dagmar Nordstrom, American singer and composer

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Dagmar Hansen, character in the play and film "I Remember Mama" and the 1950s TV series based on them, "Mama". All were based on the book "Mama's Bank Account" by Kathryn Forbes.