Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 Fagner
/FAHG · ner/
Meaning
“Unknown”
Brazilian masculine name of uncertain origin, possibly a phonetic adaptation of Wagner or a regional invention; strongly associated with the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará.
Nicknames
fag
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Distinctly regional Brazilian; ages with strong Northeastern identity but limited outside that context.
The cultural moment.
Common in northeastern Brazil, particularly Ceará, from the 1970s through the 1990s.