Given name
Dismas
“sunset”
Dismas is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dismas goes back to Ancient Greek Δυσμάς, meaning “sunset.”
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Where it comes from
Dismas comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Polish.
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How it developed
From Ancient Greek Δυσμάς, from English Dismas, from French Dismas, from Polish Dyzma.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2025. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dismas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,522 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,522 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dismas’s family of names
In English usage, Dismas has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form DYZMA.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Dismas
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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