Given name

Damiane

“one who tames or subdues others”

Damiane is a variant of Damian. One Greek interpretation is “one who tames or subdues others.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Damiane is a variant of Damian. One Greek interpretation is “one who tames or subdues others.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Damiane 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 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Damiane through the years

Babies since 1880
36
36 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1977
9 babies
2025
5
#12,456 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19772.9
Damiane in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1972–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,456 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1977.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Damiane’s family of names

Damiane has a related form in Damian. In French usage, Damiane has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Damiana.

Walk Damiane’s family in the name graph

DamianeDamianDamianneDamiana

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Damiane, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

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Mythological

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English

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Mythological

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“a follower of the goddess Demeter”

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“man of the mountain”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Damiane’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A sister for Damiane