Given name & surname · also Latin
Damaris
“a gentle woman”·“one who is gentle”
Damaris is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a gentle woman” (Latin) and “one who is gentle” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Ancient GreekΔάμαρις
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a gentle woman” (Latin) and “one who is gentle” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions.
How it developed
From the Greek verb damazo (δαμαζο), “to overpower.”
From biblical name research
The story
Damaris was in use during the 17th century.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Damaris appears in Acts 17:34.
From biblical name research
Damaris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,286
- 552 boys · 12,734 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 496 babies
- 2025
- 150
- #1,437 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 150 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,437 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 0.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 483 in 2006. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (28). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 17,973 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Damaris’s family of names
Damaris has a related form in Damarys. In French usage, Damaris has a conventional equivalent in the Swahili form Damari. Damaris has a related form in Damara.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Damaris has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Damaris comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Damaris
- Damaris Cudworth MashamBritish philosopher (1659-1708)
- Damaris EgurrolaDutch association football playerborn 1999
- DamarisPeruvian singerborn 1986
- Damaris LewisAmerican model and actressborn 1990
- Damaris AguirreMexican weightlifterborn 1977
- Damaris PageLondon brothel keeper, entrepreneur and property developer1610–1669
- Damaris Abarcachess playerborn 1990
- Damaris HaymanBritish actress1929–2021
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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