Damon Forename
13,038th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 75,187 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar
Damon Forename Definition:
A Greek name, meaning: A man of ancient Syracuse who offered his life to save a friend, so that his name has come to stand for the epitome of masculine friendship. (Sanskrit) To rule: to guide.
Read More About This ForenameDamon Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 56,224 | 1:6,448 | 832 |
| England | 100% | 4,931 | 1:11,276 | 852 |
| Australia | - | 3,157 | 1:4,326 | 601 |
| Iran | 100% | 1,776 | 1:44,199 | 1,704 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,458 | 1:37,402 | 4,210 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,412 | 1:23,466 | 2,023 |
| New Zealand | - | 737 | 1:6,155 | 795 |
| Pakistan | 87% | 680 | 1:285,820 | 8,373 |
| China | - | 448 | 1:3,049,232 | 47,662 |
| India | 67% | 407 | 1:2,984,958 | 136,079 |
| Ghana | 100% | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Chad | 100% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| Brazil | 100% | 298 | 1:718,913 | 20,929 |
| Wales | 100% | 256 | 1:12,087 | 887 |
| Indonesia | - | 222 | 1:1,161,999 | 69,170 |
| Egypt | 100% | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Scotland | 100% | 143 | 1:37,415 | 1,346 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 139 | 1:121,598 | 5,762 |
| Ivory Coast | 79% | 132 | 1:174,818 | 9,065 |
| Hong Kong | - | 105 | 1:73,835 | 2,668 |
| Zambia | - | 100 | 1:158,548 | 6,134 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 96 | 1:769,038 | 24,327 |
| Sweden | 100% | 89 | 1:110,763 | 4,620 |
| Thailand | 100% | 88 | 1:796,202 | 32,006 |
| Benin | 100% | 80 | 1:132,198 | 7,363 |
| Philippines | 98% | 69 | 1:1,536,369 | 36,765 |
| Nigeria | 90% | 67 | 1:2,650,214 | 48,263 |
| Germany | 100% | 61 | 1:1,584,883 | 10,184 |
| Japan | - | 61 | 1:2,098,132 | 20,032 |
| Uganda | 100% | 61 | 1:671,425 | 13,738 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73% | 60 | 1:135,872 | 12,010 |
| Greece | 100% | 56 | 1:195,260 | 4,026 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 56 | 1:543,749 | 23,143 |
| Russia | 94% | 54 | 1:2,670,995 | 16,227 |
| Guyana | 100% | 53 | 1:14,401 | 1,961 |
| Singapore | 100% | 45 | 1:139,712 | 7,893 |
| Jamaica | - | 43 | 1:67,052 | 3,397 |
| Ireland | 100% | 39 | 1:119,065 | 2,759 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 39 | 1:34,908 | 3,522 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| South Korea | - | 30 | 1:184,814 | 7,303 |
| Bermuda | - | 28 | 1:2,315 | 496 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 23 | 1:670,601 | 27,250 |
| France | 100% | 21 | 1:3,165,254 | 15,580 |
| Burkina Faso | 60% | 19 | 1:967,340 | 27,076 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Mexico | 100% | 18 | 1:6,896,913 | 24,317 |
| Belgium | 100% | 16 | 1:718,128 | 9,982 |
| Denmark | - | 16 | 1:353,094 | 6,331 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 16 | 1:6,974 | 1,095 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 16 | 1:513,344 | 8,079 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 14 | 1:2,330,251 | 19,281 |
| Spain | - | 12 | 1:3,877,497 | 14,638 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Jersey | - | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10 | 1:715,199 | 24,449 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Cambodia | 60% | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Colombia | - | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Czechia | 100% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Kenya | - | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| Bahamas | - | 7 | 1:57,053 | 1,294 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Italy | 96% | 7 | 1:8,723,156 | 29,138 |
| Liberia | 100% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| Peru | 100% | 7 | 1:4,541,636 | 34,195 |
| Taiwan | - | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Luxembourg | - | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Namibia | - | 4 | 1:601,045 | 7,837 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Cyprus | - | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Finland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 80% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | 100% | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Damón (3) & Dämon (1) are calculated separately.
Damon (19,765) may also be a surname.
Damon Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Greek name, meaning: A man of ancient Syracuse who offered his life to save a friend, so that his name has come to stand for the epitome of masculine friendship. (Sanskrit) To rule: to guide.
— 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'.
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Damon Demographics
Damon Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 7 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Damon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Damon in the Russian language | ||
| Дамон | damon | - |
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