Given name
Damiana
“one who tames or subdues others”
Damiana is a variant of Damian. One Greek interpretation is “one who tames or subdues others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Damiana is a variant of Damian. One Greek interpretation is “one who tames or subdues others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Damiana is a variant of Damian. An origin associated with Damian is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Damiana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 712
- 0 boys · 712 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,580 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,580 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,131 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.
Damiana’s family of names
Damiana has a related form in Damian. In Polish usage, Damiana has a conventional equivalent in the French form Damiane.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Damiana
- Damiana DeianaItalian association football playerborn 1970
- Damiana da CunhaIndigenous leader1779–1831
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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