At a Glance
- Meaning
- Tied to the word for poetry, ultimately from a root meaning 'foremost' or 'chief'
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- BRAH-gee
Bragi is an Old Norse boy's name meaning “tied to the word for poetry, ultimately from a root meaning 'foremost' or 'chief'”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Bragi
Meaning: Tied to the word for poetry, ultimately from a root meaning 'foremost' or 'chief'.
Origin: Old Norse.
A common claim: Bragi is widely said to simply mean 'poetry' or 'poet.' Actually: The deeper root isn't about verse at all — it traces back to a Germanic word meaning 'foremost' or 'chief'; the poetry sense came later, through the god's own domain.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Bragi
BRAH-geeIPA /ˈbrɑːɡi/
Popularity of Bragi
Bragi doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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