The baby name Dagan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈdɑɡən/; respelling: DAH-gən (alt. DAY-gən).
Dagan is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Dagan is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ˈdɑɡən/; respelling: DAH-gən (alt. DAY-gən).
Dagan is Hebrew in Origin.
Dagan blends two independent traditions. In Hebrew (דגן, dagan), it means 'grain' or 'harvest,' symbolizing abundance and sustenance; as a modern Israeli given name it rose in the 20th century and is sometimes unisex. In the wider Semitic world, Dagan/Dagon was a major fertility deity, a background association that informs the name's agricultural sense but is not the source for contemporary Jewish use. Separately, Old Irish Dagán derives from dag 'good, excellent' plus the diminutive -án, and was borne by a 7th-century Irish bishop noted in early Christian correspondence.
Variants and related forms include Dagán (Irish spelling), Dagan (standard Anglicization), and the modern respelling Dagen; Dagon appears in classical texts but is rarely used as a given name. Meanings cluster around 'grain; harvest' (Hebrew) and 'little good one; worthy' (Irish). Dagan also appears as a Hebrew surname.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ | 0 | #17 | 1 | 322 | |
| DJ | Girls | 0 | #24 | 6 | 488 |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #151 | 1 | 4,216 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| AE | 0 | #184 | 4 | 10,220 | |
| PS | 0 | #224 | 3 | 5,692 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #233 | 2 | 5,842 |
| PT | 0 | #250 | 1 | 4,161 | |
| IL | 0 | #264 | 11 | 6,291 | |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| Canada | Boys | 2006 | #304 | 5 | 2,234 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #326 | 4 | 7,429 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #342 | 2 | 15,378 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #354 | 5 | 7,678 |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #393 | 6 | 8,639 | |
| France | Boys | 2014 | #415 | 3 | 2,861 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #423 | 2 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #523 | 26 | 10,655 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #542 | 6 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #554 | 4 | 12,905 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #557 | 51 | 10,983 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #590 | 8 | 20,968 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #608 | 10 | 11,648 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| United States | Girls | 2003 | #884 | 5 | 9,630 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #888 | 5 | 7,044 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #888 | 48 | 25,931 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #938 | 18 | 5,933 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #997 | 5 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,003 | 7 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 3 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 2 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,167 | 12 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,196 | 16 | 19,440 | |
| MA | 0 | #1,197 | 3 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,230 | 7 | 25,928 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,600 | 15 | 28,008 |
Dagan is popular in 35 countries — most recent births per country:
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