Damian Forename
2,845th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 366,115 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland
Damian Forename Definition:
A male name. Cosmas and Damianus were brothers martyred in Syria in 303 under Diocletian. Their cult spread westward and was much increased by the supposed discovery of their relics at Milan by St Ambrose. Damianus may be a derivative of Greek δαμάζω, ‘to tame’.
Read More About This ForenameDamian Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 100% | 143,203 | 1:266 | 61 |
| United States | 100% | 30,924 | 1:11,723 | 1,183 |
| Mexico | 100% | 27,736 | 1:4,476 | 539 |
| England | 100% | 17,983 | 1:3,092 | 427 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 15,772 | 1:11,258 | 1,408 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 14,803 | 1:3,566 | 629 |
| Australia | - | 13,039 | 1:1,047 | 216 |
| Spain | 100% | 12,555 | 1:3,706 | 407 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10,223 | 1:4,184 | 409 |
| Peru | 100% | 8,531 | 1:3,727 | 607 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 5,596 | 1:1,894 | 419 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,578 | 1:4,543 | 776 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 4,029 | 1:1,796 | 403 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,996 | 1:32,269 | 1,162 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2,926 | 1:16,329 | 1,216 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,918 | 1:36,329 | 3,006 |
| Romania | 100% | 2,519 | 1:7,960 | 677 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,485 | 1:1,869 | 293 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 2,358 | 1:6,831 | 735 |
| Cuba | - | 2,311 | 1:4,979 | 551 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,291 | 1:23,803 | 3,118 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,287 | 1:14,488 | 1,479 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,168 | 1:4,811 | 709 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 2,158 | 1:1,588 | 241 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,142 | 1:14,100 | 1,357 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,043 | 1:902 | 197 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,827 | 1:2,483 | 440 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,441 | 1:2,711 | 534 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1,351 | 1:7,888 | 409 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,236 | 1:21,834 | 1,594 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,158 | 1:1,176 | 215 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,022 | 1:8,037 | 909 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,014 | 1:3,052 | 458 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 991 | 1:31,092 | 3,837 |
| Jamaica | - | 844 | 1:3,416 | 641 |
| Scotland | 99% | 740 | 1:7,230 | 587 |
| Thailand | 100% | 698 | 1:100,381 | 8,492 |
| Honduras | 100% | 670 | 1:13,160 | 1,170 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 640 | 1:33,766 | 2,521 |
| India | 98% | 576 | 1:2,109,163 | 108,114 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 561 | 1:8,499 | 842 |
| Brazil | 100% | 555 | 1:386,011 | 13,817 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 546 | 1:30,956 | 2,526 |
| Kenya | 83% | 528 | 1:87,703 | 4,879 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 514 | 1:59,241 | 4,697 |
| Sweden | 100% | 490 | 1:20,118 | 1,409 |
| Namibia | - | 431 | 1:5,578 | 803 |
| Uganda | 97% | 419 | 1:97,749 | 4,498 |
| Moldova | 100% | 364 | 1:9,783 | 468 |
| El Salvador | - | 341 | 1:18,598 | 1,027 |
| Zambia | - | 334 | 1:47,469 | 3,050 |
| Chile | 100% | 324 | 1:54,343 | 1,877 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 322 | 1:18,690 | 1,464 |
| France | 100% | 316 | 1:210,349 | 3,343 |
| Norway | 100% | 290 | 1:17,698 | 1,130 |
| Ecuador | - | 280 | 1:63,310 | 1,971 |
| Malta | - | 244 | 1:1,760 | 345 |
| Israel | 99% | 240 | 1:35,012 | 2,556 |
| Indonesia | - | 225 | 1:1,146,505 | 68,461 |
| Russia | 98% | 223 | 1:646,788 | 6,466 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 213 | 1:72,412 | 5,701 |
| Austria | 100% | 200 | 1:42,571 | 1,381 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Belgium | 100% | 160 | 1:71,813 | 2,939 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 158 | 1:51,597 | 4,998 |
| Singapore | 100% | 145 | 1:43,359 | 6,622 |
| Italy | 94% | 135 | 1:452,312 | 4,972 |
| Guyana | 100% | 133 | 1:5,739 | 1,008 |
| Denmark | - | 115 | 1:49,126 | 1,892 |
| Barbados | - | 110 | 1:2,634 | 540 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 104 | 1:1,710 | 310 |
| Japan | - | 88 | 1:1,454,387 | 17,437 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Belize | 100% | 86 | 1:4,120 | 869 |
| Suriname | - | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Albania | 100% | 80 | 1:38,082 | 3,866 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 75 | 1:95,360 | 7,772 |
| Greece | 100% | 74 | 1:147,764 | 3,414 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 72 | 1:49,310 | 1,381 |
| Grenada | 94% | 61 | 1:1,773 | 376 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 59 | 1:95,383 | 3,162 |
| Ivory Coast | 81% | 57 | 1:404,841 | 16,206 |
| China | - | 56 | 1:24,393,853 | 60,649 |
| Dominica | - | 56 | 1:1,348 | 244 |
| Hong Kong | - | 50 | 1:155,054 | 3,086 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 49 | 1:108,369 | 1,019 |
| Iraq | 100% | 48 | 1:729,539 | 6,887 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Iceland | - | 42 | 1:8,715 | 850 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 36 | 1:1,524 | 357 |
| South Korea | 100% | 36 | 1:154,012 | 6,575 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,858 | 421 |
| Gibraltar | - | 32 | 1:1,067 | 230 |
| Guernsey | - | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 31 | 1:79,315 | 2,584 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Belarus | 100% | 29 | 1:326,979 | 2,407 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Brunei | 100% | 26 | 1:16,137 | 987 |
| Croatia | 100% | 26 | 1:162,195 | 3,156 |
| Estonia | 100% | 23 | 1:57,190 | 3,101 |
| Bulgaria | - | 22 | 1:317,745 | 6,287 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 22 | 1:4,988 | 824 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 21 | 1:5,313 | 910 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 21 | 1:2,166,662 | 5,310 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 20 | 1:887,342 | 10,070 |
| Hungary | 100% | 18 | 1:543,987 | 1,953 |
| Jersey | - | 18 | 1:5,554 | 644 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 18 | 1:1,928 | 471 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:2,083 | 481 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Lithuania | - | 14 | 1:210,849 | 1,923 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 12 | 1:47,004 | 1,881 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Taiwan | 80% | 11 | 1:2,160,880 | 53,386 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 10 | 1:58,096 | 3,433 |
| Andorra | - | 9 | 1:9,210 | 586 |
| Finland | 100% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Georgia | 90% | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 8 | 1:4,732 | 469 |
| Syria | - | 8 | 1:2,413,259 | 4,659 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 7 | 1:27,765,383 | 122,080 |
| Bahamas | - | 6 | 1:66,562 | 1,346 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Isle of Man | - | 5 | 1:17,005 | 327 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Palestine | 100% | 5 | 1:910,012 | 3,841 |
| Serbia | - | 5 | 1:1,429,144 | 6,659 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Transnistria | 50% | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Damián (1,517), Damiàn (13), Damiãn (2), Dámian (1), Damían (1) & Damíán (1) are calculated separately.
Damian (139,257) may also be a surname.
Damian Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Cosmas and Damianus were brothers martyred in Syria in 303 under Diocletian. Their cult spread westward and was much increased by the supposed discovery of their relics at Milan by St Ambrose. Damianus may be a derivative of Greek δαμάζω, ‘to tame’. Damian is found in England as a christian name in 1205, and was in use for several centuries. See also Cosmo.
Damian Curia Regis Rolls 1205.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Greek Damianos, it signifies ‘taming’, ‘one who tames,’ from οαμάω) (damaö). There are four Saints Damian, including the famous mid C7-early 8 Bishop of Pavia ‘distinguished for learning and piety’ (Benedictines). With the variant Damien, this name is now bestowed rarely except among Roman Catholics.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Greek (masculine) - Popular.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Greek name, meaning: Taming.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
Damian and its varians come from the Greek damao, which means 'to tame'.
- dino_brandoDamian Forename Popularity
Damian Demographics
Average Male Damian Height
175.42 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 3,414 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Damian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Damian in the Russian language | ||
| Дамиан | damian | - |
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