Given name & surname

Damin

Damin is a masculine given name from Javanese. It is used in Indonesian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Damin comes from Javanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Javanese Damin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Damin through the years

Babies since 1880
578
578 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1975
23 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−37%
Cooling
051015198020002025Highest share 19750.0
Damin in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1966–2025, 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

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 12 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 745 as a first name in 2020; 203 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.

Damin’s family of names

Damin may belong to the same name family as DAMINN. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Damin’s family in the name graph

DaminDamynDammin

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

Classical Greek

Damon

“one who tames or subdues others”

60FamiliarSteady

>99% boys

Hakka

Kam

“having a crooked nose”

27RareEasing

>99% boys

Latin

Tito

“of the giants” · “a great defender”

25RareSteady

>99% boys

Slavic · Royal

Boris

“a warrior; having battle glory”

29RareEasing

>99% boys

Irish or Scottish Gaelic · Celtic

Brian

“noble” · “of noble birth”

65FamiliarEasing

>99% boys

Javanese · Mythological

Dian

Dian is a feminine given name from Javanese. It is used in Indonesian.

17Very rareRising

>99% boys

Irish or Scottish Gaelic · Celtic

Kevin

“a beloved and handsome man”

71CommonCooling

>99% boys

Javanese

Damono

Damono is a masculine given name from Javanese. It is used in Indonesian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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