Dam (family name)
Damm is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
On the one hand, Damm can be derived as a toponym , i.e. from a place of origin. Here, a place on a dam (s), a place on a dam, etc. could have given the name. Or it describes the short form of the Old High German first name thank for thanks, grace, wages.
distribution
The most common percentage occurrence of the surname Damm in Germany is around 25% in Hesse , here again in particular in the central Hessian district of Marburg-Biedenkopf , followed by the northern Hessian districts of Kassel and Schwalm-Eder-Kreis . The federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (around 20%) and Saxony (around 10%) also follow .
variants
Germany
foreign countries
Name bearer
- Anna Maria Damm (* 1996), German model, Youtuber and influencer of Filipino origin
- Antje Damm (* 1965), German author and illustrator
- Anton Damm (1874–1962), German politician (center)
- Arvid Damm (1869–1927), Swedish cryptologist, engineer and inventor
- Carl Damm (politician, 1812) (1812–1886), German priest, teacher and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Carl Damm (politician, 1857) (1857–1926), German politician (DFP, FVP, DDP), MdL Hessen
- Carl Damm (politician, 1927) (1927–1993), German educator and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Carlhanns Damm (1936–2017), German manager and entrepreneur
- Christian Tobias Damm (1699–1778), German theologian and translator
- Conrad Damm (1795–1855), German mayor and member of the state parliament
- Daniel Damm (* 1981), German soccer player
- Eugen Damm (1936–2017), Palatinate dialect poet
- Gustav Damm (1881–1949), German-Swiss composer and conductor, see Wilhelm Gustav Damm
- Gustav Damm (officer) (1890 – after 1944), German officer and first commodore of Transport Fliegergeschwader 5 during the Second World War
- Hans Damm (1895–1972), German ethnologist and museum director
- Hans Richter-Damm (1881–1937), German painter
- Hasso Damm (1928–2020), German author for children and young people
- Helene von Damm (* 1938), Austrian-American diplomat
- Johann Georg Ferdinand von Damm (1717–1797), royal Prussian major general, commander of the Stettin fortress and governor of Tangermünde
- Johann Otto Damm (1765–1837), Prussian major general
- Jürgen Damm (* 1992), Mexican soccer player
- Kurd von Damm (1862–1915), German lawyer, politician and entrepreneur
- Marcus Damm (* 1974), German psychologist, advisor author
- Martin Damm (musician) (* 1968), German techno producer
- Martin Damm (tennis player, 1972) (* 1972), Czech tennis player
- Martin Damm (tennis player, 2003) (* 2003), American tennis player
- Matthias Damm (* 1954), German politician (CDU)
- Otto Damm (1923 – after 1971), German draftsman and caricaturist
- Peter Damm (* 1937), German horn player
- Petra Damm (* 1961), German soccer player
- Rasmus Damm (* 1988), Danish track cyclist
- Renate Damm (lawyer) (* 1935), German lawyer
- Renate Damm (cyclist) (1947–2012), German cyclist
- Sebastian Damm (* 1995), German handball player
- Siegfried Damm (* 1958), German trade unionist and federal chairman of the Association of German Road Carriers (VDStra.)
- Sigrid Damm (* 1940), German writer
- Sigrid Damm-Rüger (1939–1995), German activist and feminist and author in the field of vocational training research
- Tile von Damm (1300–1374), councilor of the city of Braunschweig
- Tobias Damm (* 1983), German soccer player
- Ulrike Damm (* 1957), author and publisher
- Ursula Damm (* 1960), German sculptor
- Walter Damm (1904–1981), German politician and state minister (SPD)
- Werner Damm (* 1951), German sports presenter
- Wilhelm Gustav Damm (1881–1949), Swiss composer
- Willi Damm (1930–2012), German intelligence officer, head of Department X of the Ministry for State Security
See also
Web links
Wiktionary: Damm - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ ahnenforschung.net accessed on April 10, 2007
- ↑ Dam . Geogen online service; Retrieved April 10, 2007