Given name & surname
Damir
“one who promotes peace”
Damir is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “one who promotes peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “one who promotes peace.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Damir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,449
- 3,444 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 316 babies
- 2025
- 233
- #982 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +74%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 233 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 982 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 74.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Illinois had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,676 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.
Damir’s family of names
Damir has a related form in Damier. Damir has a related form in Damear. Damir has a related form in Dameer.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Damir
- Damir SkominaSlovenian football refereeborn 1976
- Damir DžumhurBosnian-Herzegovinian tennis player (born 1992)
- Damir MartinCroatian rowerborn 1988
- Damir KedžoCroatian pop singerborn 1987
- Damir MikecSerbian sport shooterborn 1984
- Damir MarkotaCroatian-Swedish basketball playerborn 1985
- Damir MulaomerovićCroatian basketball player (born 1974)
- Damir BurićOlympic water polo playerborn 1980
- Damir KahrimanSerbian footballerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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