Gender: Boy
Meaning: To tame, subdue
Origin: French/Greek
Popularity: Ranked #344 in 2024 with 999 babies born.
History: Damien is the French form of Damian, sharing its Greek roots. It is associated with Father Damien de Veuster, a Belgian priest who dedicated his life to caring for leprosy patients in Hawaii and was canonized in 2009. The spelling Damien is common in French-speaking and Catholic communities.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Damien? About 1 in 3,332 babies born in 2024 were named Damien, or roughly 2.7 per day in the United States.
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