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In all the world, Damm (Dame , Damm , ダム ) is a common epicene first name. The forename Damm is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Senegal, where it is quite a common boy's name, Cameroon, where it is quite a rare female name, and Mauritania, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Senegal, Indonesia, and Ethiopia. Likewise, Damm is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Dame | Germany, Ethiopia, Senegal, Indonesia, United States |
Damm | Germany, France, Indonesia, United States, Denmark |
ダム | Japan |
Дамм | Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
Damm 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.