Vagn (Danish: [ˈvɑwn]) is an Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'wagon'. In Norwegian, the name means orca. It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson.
The name can also be spelled Vaghn, Vaughn, Wagn or Waghn. Vagnur is a Faroese form of the name. Vagn is also used as a component in the Faroese male name Vagnar and the Icelandic female name Vagnbjörg.
The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the name on record being Vagn Ekman (1874-1954), a Swedish oceanographer. The name became popular in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s.
Notable people
- Vagn Bennike (1888–1970), Danish resistance fighter during World War II
- Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996), Danish composer
- Vagn Hovard (1914–1998), Danish field hockey player
- Vagn Jørgensen (fl. 1930s), Danish sprint canoeist
- Vagn F. Flyger (1922–2006), Danish-American wildlife biologist
- Vagn Schmidt (born 1935), Danish sprint canoeist
- Vagn Nielsen (born 1943), Danish handball player
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References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)