Dagan
Meaning of Dagan
Tracing its etymological roots to ancient Hebrew and West Semitic languages, the masculine name Dagan—phonetically rendered in English as /dɑːˈɡɑːn/—derives from the cognate term for ‘grain’ and historically denotes both the Canaanite deity of cereal fertility and a lineage designation in early Israelite records. A longitudinal analysis of United States Social Security data from 1969 through 2024 indicates that Dagan reached its apex of relative frequency in the mid-1970s, at a rank near 657, before evolving into a name of deliberate scarcity in the most recent decade, with annual registrations oscillating between five and seventeen and consistently occupying the 900–950 rank interval. The name’s calibrated two-syllable structure, combined with its intrinsic symbolism of agricultural patrimony and enduring stability, furnishes it with a technical precision and historical gravitas that resonates with individuals seeking a masculine appellation anchored in antiquity yet preserved at a contemporary level of rarity.
Pronunciation
Hebrew
- Pronunced as DAH-gahn (/dɑːˈɡɑːn/)
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Notable People Named Dagan
| Dagan Yivzori - |
