Damian
Damian ( German [ ˈdaːmi̯aːn ] or [ daˈmi̯aːn ]; English [ ˈdeɪmiən ]) or Damián ( Spanish ) is a male given name .
Origin and meaning
The name Damian is derived from the Greek form Damianos . This in turn has its origin in the Greek word daman (dt. Powerful ). The name means something like "the mighty man". The Latin form is Damianus .
Other possible meanings:
- maybe to Greek demos = people
- from the Greek in the meaning damázein = to conquer
name day
- September 26th ( Kosmas and Damian )
- September 27 (in Slovakia , with Cyprian and Kozmas)
- May 10 ( Damian de Veuster )
- February 23 (in Poland )
Well-known namesake
- The holy Damian († 303 n. Chr.), Patron of the pharmacists and physicians
- Damianus († around 664), Bishop of Rochester
- Damian Adamus (* 1967), Polish ice hockey player
- Cosmas Damian Asam (1686–1739), Bavarian architect
- Damian Bellón (* 1989), Swiss football player
- Damian Bryl (* 1969), auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Poznan
- Damian Conway (* 1964), Australian computer science professor
- Damian Davey (1964-2017), British pop musician and actor, also known as "Damien"
- Damian Drăghici (* 1970), Romanian-American musician, belongs to the Roma minority
- Damián Escudero (* 1987), Argentinian football player
- Damjan Fras (* 1973), Slovenian ski jumper
- Damian Gorawski (* 1979), Polish football player
- Damian Halata (* 1962), German soccer player
- Damian Hardung (* 1998), German actor
- Damian Harris (* 1958), British-American film director and screenwriter
- Damian Hartard von und zu Hattstein (1676–1751), German genealogist
- Damián Ísmodes (* 1989), Peruvian soccer player
- Damian Janikowski (* 1989), Polish wrestler
- Damian Kreichgauer (1859–1940), Steyler missionary, geologist, physicist, cultural anthropologist and ethnologist
- Damian Läge (* 1961), German psychologist and philosopher
- Damián Lanza (* 1982), Ecuadorian football player
- Damian Lewis (born 1971), British actor
- Damian Hartard von der Leyen (1624–1678), Archbishop and Elector of Mainz and Bishop of Worms
- Damian Lillard (* 1990), American basketball player
- Damian August Philipp Karl von Limburg-Stirum (1721–1797), Prince-Bishop of Speyer
- Damián Lizio (* 1989), Argentinian football player
- Damian Luca (* 1936), Romanian musician
- Damián Macaluso (* 1980), Uruguayan-Italian football player
- Damian Marley (* 1978), Jamaican musician
- Damián Ortega (* 1967), Mexican artist
- Damian Rhodes (* 1969a), American ice hockey goalkeeper
- Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim (1676–1743), German cleric
- Damian Thüne (* 1996), German actor
- Damian de Veuster (1840–1889), Belgian missionary and saint
- Damian Waniczek (* 1981), Polish natural track luge
- Damián Yáñez Neira (1916–2015), Spanish Trappist and religious historian
- Damian Zimoń (* 1934), Polish clergyman, Bishop / Archbishop of Katowice from 1985 to 2011
family name
- Damian (Coptic Bishop) (* 1955), German General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church
- Cornel Damian (* 1960), Romanian auxiliary bishop
- Cristina Damian (* 1977), Romanian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
- Dan Damian (1927–2012), Romanian actor
- Edson Taschetto Damian (* 1948), Brazilian bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira
- France-Elena Damian (* 1977), Romanian-German theater director
- Georgeta Damian (* 1976), Romanian rower
- Heinz Damian (1925–2013), Austrian lawyer
- Horia Damian (1922–2012), Romanian-French painter and sculptor
- Ignacio Damián Medina (* 1967), Argentine clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Lomas de Zamora
- Jakob Damian (1682–1763), Austrian cloth merchant and benefactor
- Leopold Damian (1895–1971), German politician (NSDAP) and SA leader
- Martin Damian (* 1973), Czech icon painter
- Máximo Damián Huamaní (1936–2015), Peruvian violinist, composer and collector of traditional songs
- Michael Damian (composer) (* 1954), Israeli composer
- Michael Damian (born 1962), American actor
- Oswald Damian (1889–1978), Protestant clergyman
- Ralf Damian (* 1962), German handball referee
- Thomas Damian (* 1984), Italian natural track luge
variants
- Male: Damiaan, Damián, Damien , Damiano , Damijan, Damjan , Damion , Daymian, Demian, Domian; Demon
- Woman: Damiana, Damia
See also
- Demian
- Palais Damian , in the 8th Viennese district Josefstadt
- Crime scene: Damian
Individual evidence
- ↑ Damián on vornames-weltweit.de
- ^ Knaur's book of first names, Area Verlag, Munich 2003.
- ^ The big book of first names, Tosa Verlag, Vienna 2003