Damijan
- Meaning:
- To tame, subdue
- Origin:
- Greek
About the name Damijan
Croatian variant of Damian, from Greek Damianos ('to tame').
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- September 26 (sv. Kuzma i Damjan)
Popularity with newborns
Damijan has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
93 people in Croatia are called Damijan, according to the 2021 census. That is #1557 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Damijan is recorded in 2 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.