Damien Forename
4,639th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 225,858 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Damien Forename User-submission:
Damian and its varians come from the Greek damao, which means 'to tame'.
Damien Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 65,835 | 1:1,010 | 182 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 20,591 | 1:3,585 | 507 |
| United States | 100% | 20,365 | 1:17,802 | 1,532 |
| Australia | - | 16,088 | 1:849 | 190 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 15,228 | 1:747 | 172 |
| Burundi | - | 12,310 | 1:805 | 251 |
| England | 100% | 10,641 | 1:5,225 | 554 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7,345 | 1:1,564 | 359 |
| Ireland | 100% | 6,723 | 1:691 | 140 |
| Benin | 100% | 6,256 | 1:1,691 | 390 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,161 | 1:23,446 | 2,992 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,628 | 1:6,513 | 1,242 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,995 | 1:11,063 | 1,252 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 2,903 | 1:2,808 | 313 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,775 | 1:664 | 155 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,651 | 1:8,152 | 1,062 |
| Togo | - | 2,637 | 1:2,745 | 455 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,111 | 1:3,891 | 598 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,003 | 1:10,384 | 1,539 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,172 | 1:46,530 | 4,924 |
| Ghana | - | 1,124 | 1:24,009 | 1,692 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Morocco | - | 1,010 | 1:34,009 | 1,689 |
| New Zealand | - | 953 | 1:4,760 | 676 |
| Poland | 100% | 942 | 1:40,368 | 1,154 |
| Thailand | 100% | 920 | 1:76,158 | 7,073 |
| Gabon | 100% | 762 | 1:2,472 | 591 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 673 | 1:27,310 | 2,281 |
| Wales | 100% | 627 | 1:4,935 | 588 |
| Scotland | 100% | 489 | 1:10,941 | 730 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 438 | 1:38,589 | 2,909 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Mali | 100% | 387 | 1:43,870 | 2,498 |
| Singapore | 100% | 378 | 1:16,632 | 3,410 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 357 | 1:497,379 | 15,665 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 356 | 1:759 | 171 |
| Germany | 100% | 338 | 1:286,029 | 3,793 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 328 | 1:4,151 | 747 |
| Chad | 100% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 271 | 1:112,361 | 7,656 |
| Senegal | 100% | 257 | 1:56,737 | 2,142 |
| Congo | 100% | 223 | 1:22,463 | 2,233 |
| French Polynesia | - | 216 | 1:1,287 | 295 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Brazil | 100% | 207 | 1:1,034,957 | 26,889 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 195 | 1:2,893 | 399 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| India | 95% | 189 | 1:6,427,926 | 225,442 |
| Spain | 100% | 163 | 1:285,460 | 4,854 |
| Czechia | 100% | 152 | 1:70,106 | 984 |
| Ivory Coast | 94% | 150 | 1:153,840 | 8,258 |
| Japan | - | 145 | 1:882,662 | 14,274 |
| Barbados | - | 143 | 1:2,026 | 446 |
| China | - | 135 | 1:10,118,932 | 59,646 |
| Portugal | - | 129 | 1:80,704 | 2,343 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Malta | - | 102 | 1:4,209 | 603 |
| Hong Kong | - | 99 | 1:78,310 | 2,698 |
| Sweden | 100% | 99 | 1:99,575 | 4,285 |
| Indonesia | - | 90 | 1:2,866,263 | 133,304 |
| Russia | 100% | 89 | 1:1,620,603 | 11,756 |
| Jamaica | - | 84 | 1:34,324 | 2,250 |
| Suriname | - | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 68 | 1:153,401 | 6,921 |
| Seychelles | - | 65 | 1:1,426 | 340 |
| Haiti | 100% | 61 | 1:175,852 | 8,311 |
| Qatar | 100% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Guyana | 100% | 52 | 1:14,678 | 1,983 |
| Bahamas | - | 49 | 1:8,150 | 1,060 |
| Denmark | - | 47 | 1:120,202 | 3,247 |
| Philippines | 100% | 47 | 1:2,255,521 | 48,741 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 47 | 1:152,170 | 10,303 |
| Iraq | 100% | 43 | 1:814,369 | 7,317 |
| Italy | 98% | 42 | 1:1,453,859 | 11,279 |
| Namibia | - | 42 | 1:57,242 | 3,348 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Uganda | 100% | 38 | 1:1,077,814 | 18,180 |
| Botswana | 100% | 37 | 1:59,039 | 5,548 |
| Norway | 100% | 36 | 1:142,565 | 4,031 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,653 | 240 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 30 | 1:514,127 | 22,957 |
| Monaco | 100% | 29 | 1:1,326 | 282 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 29 | 1:3,848 | 708 |
| Palestine | 100% | 28 | 1:162,502 | 2,216 |
| Finland | 100% | 27 | 1:203,081 | 3,450 |
| Mexico | 100% | 25 | 1:4,965,777 | 20,003 |
| Ecuador | - | 24 | 1:738,622 | 6,595 |
| South Korea | - | 24 | 1:231,018 | 8,270 |
| Belize | 100% | 23 | 1:15,405 | 1,953 |
| Jersey | - | 23 | 1:4,347 | 567 |
| Chile | 95% | 20 | 1:880,360 | 8,450 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 19 | 1:2,887 | 601 |
| Kenya | - | 17 | 1:2,723,948 | 21,409 |
| Vietnam | - | 17 | 1:5,448,418 | 3,651 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Austria | 100% | 15 | 1:567,613 | 5,057 |
| Hungary | 100% | 15 | 1:652,785 | 2,218 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Oman | 100% | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| Greece | 100% | 12 | 1:911,212 | 9,057 |
| Argentina | 100% | 11 | 1:3,888,477 | 10,916 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Jordan | 71% | 11 | 1:802,434 | 4,728 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 11 | 1:2,745,627 | 44,124 |
| Zambia | - | 11 | 1:1,441,345 | 17,789 |
| Guinea | 100% | 10 | 1:1,185,865 | 3,458 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Grenada | 100% | 9 | 1:12,014 | 1,427 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 9 | 1:702 | 192 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Tunisia | - | 7 | 1:96,700 | 5,802 |
| Niger | 100% | 6 | 1:3,197,332 | 33,105 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Isle of Man | - | 5 | 1:17,005 | 327 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Nauru | 100% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 4 | 1:145,239 | 6,287 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Tanzania | - | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Damiën (80), Damién (3), Dämien (1) & Damîen (1) are calculated separately.
Damien (11,637) may also be a surname.
Damien Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Damian and its varians come from the Greek damao, which means 'to tame'.
- dino_brandoDamien Forename Popularity
Damien Demographics
Average Male Damien Height
176.27 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 2,744 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Damien Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Damien in the Russian language | ||
| Дамиен | damien | - |
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