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Damijan

Male#1557 most common in Croatia93 people in Croatia
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.

MeđimurskaPrimorsko-goranska

Characteristics

ReligiousSaint's nameCroatianRare

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.