Damian

See also: Damián

English

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek name Δαμιανός (Damianós) which was derived from δαμάω (damáō, “to tame”). Name known in Ancient Greece, later borne by Christian saints.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪmɪən/

Proper noun

Damian

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Merchant's Prologue and Tale

     O January, drunken in pleasance / Of marriage, see how thy Damian, / Thine owen squier and thy boren man, / Intendeth for to do thee villainy:

   • 1996 Fortean Times, Strange Days #1, Cader Books, →ISBN, page 30:

     A similar idiocy occurred in November 1993, when Clive Kirke, a vicar of Litherland, England, objected to baptizing Gaynor Brennan's son Damian because it was the demon's name in in the Omen films.

Related terms

• Damien
• Damon

Translations

male given name

• French: Damien (fr)
• Galician: Damián (gl)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿𐍃 m (damjanus)
• Greek: Δαμιανός (el) m (Damianós)
• Icelandic: Damjan (is)
• Italian: Damiano (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: Damian (pl) m
• Portuguese: Damião (pt) m
• Russian: Демья́н (ru) m (Demʹján)
• Spanish: Damián (es)
• Ukrainian: Дам'ян m (Damʺjan)
• Vietnamese: Đamien

Further reading

• Damian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aminda, Dai Nam, aidman, maidan

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.mjan/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Damian m

1. a male given name.

Declension

Declension of Damian

	singular	plural
nominative	Damian	Damianowie
genitive	Damiana	Damianów
dative	Damianowi	Damianom
accusative	Damiana	Damianów
instrumental	Damianem	Damianami
locative	Damianie	Damianach
vocative	Damianie	Damianowie