Given name & surname
Demyan
“one who tames or subdues others”
Demyan is a form of Damian. One Greek interpretation is “one who tames or subdues others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Demyan is a form of Damian. One Greek interpretation is “one who tames or subdues others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Demyan is a form of Damian. An origin associated with Damian is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Russian use, Demyan is used as a form of Damian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Demyan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 96 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,985 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,985 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 547 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.
Demyan’s family of names
Demyan shares a linguistic root with Damian. Demyan has a related form in Damian. Demyan is a form of Damian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Damienequivalent
- Demianequivalent
- Damianoequivalent
- Damyanequivalent
- Demyequivalent
- Damjanequivalent
- Дзям'янequivalent
- Дамянequivalent
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People named Demyan
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