Brage as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Brage

What is the meaning of the name Brage ?

The baby name Brage is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbrɑːɡə/ (BRAH-guh).

Brage is Norse, Scandinavian in Origin.

Brage is the Scandinavian form of Old Norse Bragi, the name of the Norse god of poetry and eloquence. Its root, bragr, in Old Norse denotes poetry and praise and, by extension, the foremost or excellence, giving Brage the sense of poet as well as foremost/best.

As a personal name it appears in the Viking Age via the 9th-century skald Bragi Boddason and in the later Eddic tradition. Brage re-emerged as a given name in Norway and Sweden during 19th-century national romanticism and remains in modest use across Scandinavia; Iceland favors the cognate Bragi. The name resonates culturally through Norway’s Brageprisen, a major literary award named for the deity. Variants and related forms include Bragi (Icelandic, Faroese, Old Norse) and Brage (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish). Diminutives and nicknames are rare, as the two-syllable form is already compact and complete.