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Around the globe, دامه (Dama , Dame , Damh ) is a common epicene first name. The given name دامه is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Senegal, where it is quite a common boy's name, Cameroon, where it is quite a common mostly girly, but uncommonly male name, and Mauritania, where it is quite a rare unisex name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in India, Senegal, and Indonesia. Also, دامه is the last name as well as the forename.
دامه is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Dame Eyola , the character from Michael Ende's The Neverending Story; Dame Shirley , the operatic character in the opera Girls of the Golden West by John Adams; Dame Perchuque , the operatic character in the opera Les aventures du roi Pausole by Arthur Honegger; Dame Pliant , the theatrical character in the play "The Alchemist" and Dame Bertha , the operatic character in the opera The Armourer of Nantes by Michael William Balfe, among other works.