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Damian (given name)

Saint Damian. Oil painting by the Artés Master, ca. 1500. Wellcome V0017391ER.jpg
Pronunciation /dmən/
Polish pronunciation: [damjan]
Gender Male
Word/name Greece
Meaning tamer
Region of origin Greece
Related names Damián, , Damon

Damian, also spelled , Daymian, Daman, Damon, Daemon, Damien, Daymein, Дамиан (Damian), Damiano, Demian, Дамјан (Damjan), , Дамян (Damyan), Демьян (Demyan), etc., is a given name that comes from Damianus, which is the latinisation of the Greek name Δαμιανός (Damianos), derived from the Greek word δαμάζω (damazo), "to conquer, master, overcome, tame", in the form of δαμάω/-ώ (damao), a form assumed as the 1st pers. of δαμᾷ (dama).

Notable persons with the name include:


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