Dag (name)
Dag is a masculine Scandinavian given name derived from the Old Norse dagr, meaning "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, Norwegian politician
- Dag Arnesen, Norwegian jazz musician
- Dag Arvas, Swedish Navy rear admiral
- Dag Berggrav, Norwegian jurist, civil servant and sports administrator
- Dag Bjørndalen, former Norwegian biathlete
- Dag Fornæss, Norwegian, former speed skater
- Dag Frøland, Norwegian comedian, revue artist and singer
- Dag Gundersen, Norwegian linguist and lexicographer
- Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish UN General Secretary
- Dag Hartelius, Swedish diplomat
- Dag Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian, former editor-in-chief of the Norwegian weekly news magazine Ny Tid
- Dag Heward-Mills, Ghanaian Christian evangelist and author
- Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian musician
- Dag Otto Lauritzen, Norwegian cyclist
- Dag Alexander Olsen, Norwegian footballer
- Dag Palovic, Slovakian Pokerstars Team Pro Member
- Dag Erik Pedersen, Norwegian cyclist
- Dag Prawitz, Swedish philosopher and logician
- Dag Ringsson, Norwegian, member of Olav Haraldsson's army at the battle of Stiklest
- Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian musicologist, composer, music critic and biographer
- Dag Solstad, Norwegian author
- Dag Spantell, Norwegian singer
- Dag Volle , Swedish pop music producer
- Dag Wennlund, Swedish javelin thrower
- Dag C. Weberg, Norwegian politician
- Dag Wirén, Swedish composer
Nickname
- "Dags", Daryl Somers, an Australian television personality
- "DAG", David Alan Grier's nickname based on his initials.
Surname
- Burcu Dağ, Turkish para-archer
- Ekrem Dağ, Turkish football player
- Şevket Dağ, 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
- Dag, the main antagonist of Barnyard
