Vagn 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 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
Related terms
- Vaghn, Vaughn (disambiguation), Vaughan, Wagn, Waghn