Dagobert or Taginbert is a Germanic male given name, possibly from

Old Frankish Frankish ( reconstructed endonym: *), also known as Old Franconian or Old Frankish, was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks from the 5th to 9th century. After the Salian Franks settled in Roman Gaul, its speakers in Picardy an ...

''Dag'' "day" and ''

beraht Bert is a hypocoristic form of a number of various Germanic male given names, such as Robert, Albert, Elbert, Herbert, Hilbert, Hubert, Gilbert, Wilbert, Filbert, Norbert, Osbert, Bertram, Berthold, Bertrand, Umberto, Humbert, Cuthbert, Del ...

'' "bright". Alternatively, it has been identified as

Gaulish Gaulish was an ancient Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium ...

''dago'' "good" ''berxto'' "bright".

Animals

Roi Dagobert Roi Dagobert (FR) (foaled 16.2.1964) was a Thoroughbred racehorse (dkb/br.), by Sicambre (FR) out of Dame d'Atour (FR) (unraced). He was a champion three-year-old in France in 1967. Racing career From eight starts he won four races, including t ...

(born 1964), thoroughbred racehorse

People

Dagobert I Dagobert I ( la, Dagobertus; 605/603 – 19 January 639 AD) was the king of Austrasia (623–634), king of all the Franks (629–634), and king of Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dy ...

(605–639), Frankish king *

Dagobert II Dagobert II ( la, Dagober(c)tus; ang, Dægberht; died 679) was a Merovingian king of the Franks, ruling in Austrasia from 675 or 676 until his death. He is one of the more obscure Merovingians. He has been considered a martyr since at least the ni ...

(died 679), Frankish king *

Dagobert III Dagobert III (c.699–715) was Merovingian king of the Franks (711–715). He was a son of Childebert III. He succeeded his father as the head of the three Frankish kingdoms—Neustria and Austrasia, unified since Pippin's victory at Ter ...

(699–715), Frankish king * Dagobert (d. 675), son of the Frankish king

Childeric II Childeric II (c. 653 – 675) was the king of Austrasia from 662 and of Neustria and Burgundy from 673 until his death, making him sole King of the Franks for the final two years of his life. Childeric was the second eldest son of King Clovis ...

Dagobert of Pisa Dagobert (or Daibert or Daimbert) (died 1105) was the first Archbishop of Pisa_and_the_second_Latin_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem.html" ;"title="717, Pisan">708, Pisan); on 30–31 July 1716 [1717, Pisan and on 31 J ... and the second Latin Patriarch of J ...

(died 1105), Archbishop of Pisa and first Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem * Dagobert (1222–1232), son of Louis VIII of France * Luc Siméon Auguste Dagobert (1736–1794), French general * Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (1865–1949), German geographer, born in Königsberg * Dagobert Peche (1887–1923), Austrian artist and metalworker designer *

Dagobert Biermann Dagobert Biermann (13 November 1904 — 22 February 1943) was a Communist and German resistance fighter against National Socialism. His son is German singer and former East German dissident Wolf Biermann. Background Dagobert Biermann was born in ...

(1904–1943), Resistance fighter against the Nazis *

Père Dagobert Father Dagobert de Longuory (a.k.a. Père Dagobert) was a Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Capuchin friar who arrived in New Orleans from Quebec in 1722. In 1745, he became priest of St. Louis Cathedral, and later was appointed as vicar general of ...

, Capuchin monk *

Dagobert D. Runes Dagobert David Runes (January 6, 1902 – September 24, 1982) was a philosopher and author. Biography Born in Zastavna, Bukovina, Austro-Hungary (now in Ukraine), Runes emigrated to the United States in 1926. He had received a doctorat ...

(1902–1982), philosopher, translator, and friend of Albert Einstein * Dagoberto Campaneris Blanco, Major league baseball player *

Dagobert Banzio Dagobert Banzio (21 June 1957 – 26 August 2017) was an Ivorian politician, government minister, and member of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA). A member of the National Assembly, Banzio served as th ...

(1957–2017), Ivorian politician * Dagobert Dang (born 1958), Cameroon footballer *

Dagobert Frey Dagobert Frey (Vienna, 23 April 1883 – 13 May 1962, Stuttgart) was an Austrian art historian, a criminal responsible for the theft of the most valuable European and Polish collections from the Warsaw and Kraków museums and national art galler ...

(1883–1962), Austrian art historian and thief * Dagobert Friedländer (1826–1904), banker and politician * Dagobert von Gerhardt (1831–1910), German soldier, poet, and novelist * Dagobert, Archbishop of Sens * Dagobert Thometschek, German rower

Popular culture

* Dagobert IX, a Galactic Emperor in Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation and Empire'' * The German, Dutch and Hungarian name of Disney character

Scrooge McDuck Scrooge McDuck is a cartoon character created in 1947 by Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company. Appearing in Disney comics, Scrooge is a Scottish-American anthropomorphic Pekin duck. Like his nephew Donald Duck, he has a yellow-orange bil ...

** hence, the pseudonym of extortionist

Arno Funke Arno Funke (born 14 March 1950), alias Dagobert, is a reformed German extortionist, now an author. Life An automotive and sign painter by trade, Funke was later medically examined at trial and said to have minor brain damage likely from the fu ...

* In Swedish, Norwegian and French, the cartoon character

Dagwood Bumstead Dagwood Bumstead is a main fictional character, character in cartoonist Chic Young's long-running comic strip ''Blondie (comic strip), Blondie''. He debuted in the first strip on September 8, 1930. He was originally heir to the Bumstead Locomotive ...

is named Dagobert with various surnames * The song "Le bon roi Dagobert" (song), named after Dagobert I * Dagobert, name of the dog in the French translation of

Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have be ...

's ''

The Famous Five ''The Famous Five'' is a series of children's Adventure fiction, adventure novels and short stories written by English author Enid Blyton. The first book, ''Five on a Treasure Island'', was published in 1942. The novels feature the adventures ...

'' books (Timmy in the original) * ''

Good King Dagobert ''Good King Dagobert'' (French title: ''Le Bon Roi Dagobert''; in Italian: ''Dagobert'') is a 1984 French-Italian film directed by Dino Risi. Plot The film is inspired by a popular song against the French monarchy, created during the French Re ...

'', a 1984 French-Italian film directed by Dino Risi

Food

Dagobert (sandwich) A dagobert is a sandwich popular in Belgium, consisting of a baguette filled with ham, cheese Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises p ...

, a sandwich of Belgian cuisine {{given name Masculine given names Surnames of Norman origin German masculine given names Germanic-language surnames