Given name & surname
Damek
“of the red earth”
Damek is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “of the red earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “of the red earth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
How it developed
In Czech usage, Damek is a diminutive of Adam.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Czech use, Damek is a diminutive of Adam. The history of Adam gives this family its wider story. Adam has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Damek through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 62
- 62 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 111 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.
Damek’s family of names
In Czech usage, Damek is a diminutive of Adam. Damek has a related form in Damec. Damek has a related form in Dameck.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Adamfull form · Czech
- Damyckvariant
- Damycvariant
- Damykvariant
- Damickvariant
- Damicvariant
- Damikvariant
- Dameckvariant
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