Given name & surname
Damaso
“one who is calm”
Damaso is a variant of Damacio. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is calm.”
Original Ancient GreekΔάμασος
Meaning & origin
What it means
Damaso is a variant of Damacio. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is calm.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Damaso developed from Δάμασος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Damaso through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 280
- 280 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,453 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,453 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 997 as a first name in 2020; 920 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Damaso’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Damaso has a diminutive in MASOY. In Italian usage, Damaso developed from the Ancient Greek form Δάμασος. Damaso has a related form in Damacio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Damaso has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Damaso comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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