Damian
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Damian is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. In Uruguay it is the 48th most common given name. In English, recorded as A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- ARArgentina≈1 in 824(inferred from the name graph)
- UYUruguay≈1 in 1.3K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 4.1K
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.
- Poland (measured from records)
- #809 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 496 (measured from records)
- 1 in 208 (inferred from the name graph)
183,835 people, 2026
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
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)
From Greek Damianos, the name of the brother of Cosmas (see Cosmo). The two brothers were martyred together at
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Damian is read(measured from records)
Damian is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish67%
Griego Damianos; 'el que doma', de damázō 'domar'. También se ha vinculado con Damia, sobrenombre de Cibeles.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- English20%
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Polish5.2%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Damian in Polish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Damian 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | — | 183,835 | 1 in 208 | 184K | Damian | 8 |
| US United States | #903 | 78,536 | 1 in 4.2K | 78K | Damian | 496 |
| AR Argentina | #103 | ≈55,000 est. | ≈1 in 824 | 611 | Damian | 180 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | — | Damian | 69 |
| GB United Kingdom | #445 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Damian | 282 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 10,980 | 1 in 1.5K | 11K | Damian | 49 |
| MD Moldova | — | 7,668 | 1 in 439 | 7.7K | — | 12 |
| UY Uruguay | #48 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Damian | 71 |
183,835 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. 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: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); INEC — civil registry names; e-services.md — living population register. 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)
Damian is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
From Greek Damianos, the name of the brother of Cosmas (see Cosmo). The two brothers were martyred together at
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Romanian, medic, gr. Anttavoc, cf. Acy..ice, zeita. 1. Damian (Bir I) ; Dtanienli, -esti ss.; -escu. 2. Demian, Joan, act. 3. Cu asim. regresiva : Dimian, A., act. ; -a t. ; Dimieni s. 4. Domian (Buc). 5. Cu schimbarea p. fin. : Damen, Berbea, mold. (Sd VII 329) ; Demenescu, I., act. ; Deminescu, act. (Jiul ard); Diminescu, D., act.
as a nameDictionar Onomastic Rominesc
In Italian, forma reduzida setentrional de Damiano
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In French, Du grec Damianos, « dompteur, soumis »; fête de saint Damien le 26 septembre.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
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)
- Agustín I of Mexicob. 1783MXnot in their usual namefirst constitutional emperor of Mexico (1783-1824)
- Damian Greenb. 1956GBBritish Conservative politician
- Damian Harrisb. 1958GBBritish filmmaker
- Damian Youngb. 1961USAmerican actor
- Damian Lewisb. 1971GBBritish actor
- Damian Marleyb. 1978JMJamaican DJ, singer and rapper
- Damian Warnerb. 1989CACanadian decathlete
- Damian Lillardb. 1990USAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Damián Emiliano Martínezb. 1992ARArgentine footballer (born 1992)
- Damian Szymańskib. 1995PLPolish association football player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 122 sources across 58 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 184K | #36 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 184K | #36 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 78K | #672 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 11K | #188 |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 7.7K | #130 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 3.2K | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 611 | #233 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 332 | #672 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 264 | — |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 229 | — |
Reference works 8
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- Where does the name Damian come from?
- From Greek Damianos, the name of the brother of Cosmas (see Cosmo). The two brothers were martyred together at Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What does the name Damian mean?
- In English, A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- Is Damian a male or female name?
- Damian is a male 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.
- In which country does Damian have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 184 thousand people named Damian, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled damian.
- Where is Damian most common?
- Damian is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 208 people carrying it.
- What are other forms of the name Damian?
- In the etymology graph, Damien, Damon and Damion are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Damian?
- In Poland, the national register counted 183,835 people named Damian in 2026, about 1 in 208 residents.
- How common is Damian compared with other names?
- In Uruguay, Damian is the 48th most common given name of 12,212 given names recorded there.
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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, “Damian” — the 48th most common given name in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.