Damian (given name) explained

Damian
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	to tame
Region:	Greece
Origin:	Greece
Related Names:	Damián, Damien, Damon, Damião, Дамиан (Damian), Дамјан (Damjan), Дамян (Damyan), Демьян (Demyan), دامون (Dāmun), دیمون (Deymun), دامیان (Dāmyān/Dāmiān)

Damian (also spelled Damien, Daymian, Daman, Damon, Daemon, Damion, Daymein, Damyean, Damiano, Demian, دامیان, Damião amongst others) is a given name that comes from Damianus, which is the latinisation of the Greek name Δαμιανός (Damianos), derived from the Greek word δαμάζω (damazō), "(I) conquer, master, overcome, tame", in the form of δαμάω/-ῶ (damaō), a form assumed as the first person of δαμᾷ (damāi).^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Historical names

Notable persons with the name include:

Deruvian, sometimes called Damian, legendary 2nd-century bishop and saint
Damian of Ephesus, Greek rhetorician
Damian of Thessalonica, Greek physician
Saints Cosmas and Damian (died c. 303), early Christian martyrs, patrons of physicians and surgeons
Damian, two early Christian martyrs
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
Damian I of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1897 to 1931
Father Damien (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 people

Arts

Damian, full name Damian Gerard Baker (1964 - 2017), English pop musician and actor, known by his mononym Damian
Damian Chapa (born 1962), American actor director star of Blood In Blood Out
Damien Echols (born 1974), American author, one of three members of The West Memphis Three
Damian Higgins (born 1972), real name of American DJ DieselBoy
Damian Lewis (born 1971), English actor
Damian Marley (born 1978), Grammy-winning reggae artist and son of Bob Marley
Damian McGinty (born 1992), Irish singer and actor
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
Damián Escudero (born 1987), Argentine professional footballer
Damián Furmanski (born 1975), Argentinean tennis player
Damian Green (born 1956), British politician
Damian Lillard (born 1990), basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks 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 Milton (born 1973), British sociologist and social psychologist
Damian Sexton (born 1968), Australian footballer
Damian Swann (born 1992), American football player
Damian Wilson (born 1969), English musician, songwriter and vocalist

Fiction

Damian Cray, character from the novel Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz
Damian Desmond, a character from anime/manga series Spy × Family
Damian Hart, a character from Beyblade: Metal Fight
Damian Hayes, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
Damian Wayne, a DC comics character, the son of Bruce Wayne (Batman) and Talia Al Ghul