Damian (given name)
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| Pronunciation | /deɪmiːən/ |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greece |
| Meaning | tamer |
| Region of origin | Greece |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Damián, Damien, Damon |
Damian, also spelled Damien, Daymian, Daman, Damon, Daemon, Damion, Daymein, Дамиан (Damian), Damiano, Demian, Дамјан (Damjan), Damião, Дамян (Damyan), Демьян (Demyan), دامون (Dāmun), دیمون (Deymun), دامیان (Dāmyān/Dāmiān), 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 first person of δαμᾷ (dama).[1][2][3]
Historical names
Notable persons with the name include:
- Damian of Ephesus,[4] Greek rhetorician
- Damian of Thessalonica, Greek physician
- Sts. Cosmas and Damian (died c. 303), early Christian martyrs, patrons of physicians and surgeons
- Saint Damian of Alexandria, an early Christian martyr
- Coptic Pope Damian of Alexandria (died 605)
- Damianus (died 669), a bishop of Rochester, named after one of the above martyrs
- Damian of Pavia (d. 710), Bishop of Pavia and saint
- Damian of Tarsus (d. 924), Byzantine renegade and Muslim admiral
- Pedro Damiano (1480–1544), a Portuguese chess player
- Blessed Damien of Moloka'i (1840–1889), a Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, revered for his ministry that resulted in his own death from leprosy
Contemporary persons
- Arts
- Damian, full name Damian Davey (born 1964), English pop musician and actor, known by his mononym Damian
- Damian Higgins (born 1972), real name of American DJ DieselBoy
- Damien Echols (born 1974), American author, one of three members of The West Memphis Three
- Damian Lewis (born 1971), English actor
- Damian Marley (born 1978), Grammy-winning reggae artist and son of Bob Marley
- Damian O'Hare (born 1977), Northern-Irish actor
- Damian Smith, Australian ballet dancer
- Damian Woetzel (born 1967), New York City Ballet principal dancer, retired 2008
- Others
- Damian Conway (born 1964), Australian computer science professor, author and prominent perl programmer
- Damian Green (born 1956), British politician
- Damian Lillard (born 1990), basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA
- Damian Mackle (born 1985), Northern-Irish professional wrestler, known professionally as Killian Dain
- Damian Martin (born 1984), Australian basketball player
- Damian Matthew (born 1970), English football manager
- Damian McBride, former special adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
- Damian Militaru (born 1967), Romanian footballer
- Damian Swann (born 1992), American football player
- Damian Wilson (born 1969), English musician, songwriter and vocalist
Fiction
- Damian Wayne, a DC comics character, the son of Bruce Wayne (Batman) and Talia Al Ghul
- Damian Cray, character from the novel Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz
- Damian Hayes, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Damian Hart, a character from Beyblade: Metal Fight
See also
References
- ^ δαμάζω, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Digital Library
- ^ δαμάω, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Digital Library
- ^ δαμᾷ, Greek Word Study Tool, on Perseus Digital Library
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
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