Damian (given name)

Damian

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Greece
Meaning	tamer
Region of origin	Greece
Other names
Related names	Damien

Damian, also spelled Damien, Daymian, Дамиан, Damiano, Дамјан, Damião, Дамян etc., is a given name from the Latin Damianus and, in turn, from the Greek Δαμιανος Damianos which was derived from the Greek word δαμαω damao meaning "to tame", which also comes from the Sanskrit word "dam", meaning "to tame".

In Nepal and India, the word "damlo" means a kind of rope, that is used to tie cattles and horses.

Damian may refer to:

• Damian Heliodorus of Larissa[1], greek writer on optics
• Damian of Ephesus[2], 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
• 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.
• Damian Higgins, real name of American DJ Dieselboy
• Damian Cray, fictional character from the novel Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz
• Damian Marley, Grammy-winning reggae musician and son of legendary reggae artist Bob Marley
• Damian Conway, australian computer science professor, author and prominent perl programmer
• Damian Lewis, English actor
• Damian Green, British politician

See also

• Damien

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