Gender Masculine
Scripts Δάμασος (Damasos), derived from damazo) meaning "to tame" [1] . This name was borne by a 4th-century pope, considered a saint.
Related Names
Rootdamazo
Other Languages & CulturesDamyan (Bulgarian) Damjan (Croatian) Damián (Czech) Damian, Damiaan (Dutch) Damian, Damon, Damion (English) Damien (French) Damon (Greek Mythology) Damiano (Italian) Damjan (Macedonian) Damian (Polish) Damião (Portuguese) Damian (Romanian) Demyan (Russian) Damjan (Serbian) Damijan, Damjan (Slovene) Dámaso, Damián (Spanish) Demian, Demyan (Ukrainian)
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Sources & References
- Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry dama/zw, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Ddama%2Fzw.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026