Damaris
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Damaris is a feminine name of Greek origin, meaning "calf" or "heifer"
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/damaɾis/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Damaris is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country. In Nicaragua it is the 60th most common given name.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 735(inferred from the name graph)
- CRCosta Rica1 in 1.2K
- COColombia≈1 in 3.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kenya (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 340 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 735 (inferred from the name graph)
≈57,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Damaris is a feminine name of Greek origin, meaning "calf" or "heifer". In the Bible, Damaris was an intelligent and open-minded Athenian woman who was one of the first to embrace Christianity in Athens after hearing St. Paul speak, making the name a symbol of faith and courage.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Damaris counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE Kenya | — | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 937 | — | Damaris | 17 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 21,465 | 1 in 788 | 21K | Damaris | 37 |
| US United States | — | 17,973 | 1 in 19K | 18K | Damaris | 340 |
| CO Colombia | #437 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | 2 | Damaris | 76 |
| AR Argentina | #575 | ≈8,500 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | 320 | Damaris | 67 |
| NI Nicaragua | #60 | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 735 | — | Damaris | 22 |
| CR Costa Rica | #75 | 4,325 | 1 in 1.2K | 4.3K | Damaris | 37 |
| PR Puerto Rico | #69 | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 884 | 7 | Damaris | 58 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); INEC — civil registry names; the co-datosgov-candidates register; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Damaris is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The etymology of the name Damaris is uncertain. The most common proposal is that it derives from the ancient Greek word δάμαλις (damalis), meaning "heifer" or "calf". Another theory suggests a connection to the older Greek word δάμαρ (damar), meaning "wife" or "spouse".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Damaris's conversion is significant as it represents one of the first footholds of Christianity in Athens, the intellectual and philosophical heart of the ancient world. Her acceptance of the gospel, in a context of widespread skepticism, illustrates the power of the Christian message to transcend cultural and intellectual barriers, reaching even prominent women in a pagan society.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Greek; "tame, domesticated"; also "true friend"
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New Testament: name of a woman mentioned as being converted to Christianity by St Paul (Acts 17:34). Its origin is not clear, but it is probably Greek, perhaps a late form of Damalis ‘calf’. It was taken up in the 16th century, along with the names of other characters fleetingly mentioned in the New Testament, and has been occasionally used ever since.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin, in occasional use.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Damaris Pageb. 1610London brothel keeper, entrepreneur and property developer
- Lady Damaris Mashamb. 1659GBBritish philosopher (1659-1708)
- Damaris Haymanb. 1929GBBritish actress
- Damaris Gabriela Aguirre Aldazb. 1977MXMexican weightlifter
- Damaris Phillipsb. 1980USAmerican chef
- Damarisb. 1986PEPeruvian singer
- Damaris Johnsonb. 1989USAmerican football wide receiver
- Damaris Lewisb. 1990USAmerican model and actress
- Damaris Egurrolab. 1999USDutch association football player
- DaMaris B. HillUSwriter, academic gender and Africana studies specialist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 67 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 21K | #97 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 18K | #1,716 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 4.3K | #180 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 386 | #1,716 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 320 | #376 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 277 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 150 | — |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 28 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 28 | — |
| PR Puerto Rico | SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt) | 2006 | 7 | #335 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 6 | — |
| CO Colombia | Colombia — Función Pública SIGEP II public-servant name corpus (datos.gov.co) | — | 2 | #119 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Damaris mean, and where does it come from?
- Damaris is a feminine name of Greek origin, meaning "calf" or "heifer". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Damaris a male or female name?
- Damaris is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Damaris?
- A machine transcription gives /damaɾis/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Damaris have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 57 thousand people named Damaris in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled damaris.
- How common is the name Damaris?
- In Ecuador, the national register counted 21,465 people named Damaris in 2024, about 1 in 788 residents.
- How common is Damaris compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, Damaris is the 60th most common given name of 16,569 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/damarisThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Damaris” — the 60th most common given name in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.