Damian
Damian ( dt [da ː Mia ː n] or [ Damia ː n];. Engl [ deɪmiən ] ) and Damián (Spanish ) is a male first name.
Origin and Meaning
The name Damian is derived from the Greek form Damianos. This in turn has its origin in the Greek word daman (Eng. powerful). So the name means something like " the mighty man." The Latin form is Damian.
Other possible meanings:
- Perhaps to Greek demos = people
- From the Greek to mean damázein = defeat
Name-day
- September 26 ( Cosmas and Damian )
- September 27 ( in Slovakia, with Cyprian and Kozmas )
- May 10 ( Damian de Veuster )
- February 23 ( in Poland)
Well-known bearers of the name
- St. Damian († 303 AD), the patron saint of pharmacists and doctors
- Damian ( † about 664), Bishop of Rochester
- Damian Adamus (born 1967 ), Polish ice hockey player
- Cosmas Damian Asam (1686-1739), Bavarian architect
- Damian Bellón (* 1989), Swiss football player
- Damian Bryl (* 1969), Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Poznan
- Damian Conway (born 1964 ), Australian computer science professor
- Damian Davey (born 1964 ), British pop musician and actor, known as the " Damien "
- Damian Draghici (born 1970 ), Romanian - American musician, part of the Roma minority in
- Damián Escudero (* 1987), Argentine footballer
- Damian Gorawski ( b. 1979 ), Polish footballer
- Damian Halata (* 1962), German football player
- Damian Harris (born 1958 ), British- American film director and screenwriter
- Damian Hartard to and from Hattstein (1676-1751), German genealogist
- Damián Ismodes (* 1989), Peruvian football player
- Damián Lanza (* 1982 ), Ecuadorian football player
- Damian Lewis (born 1971 ), British actor
- Damian Hartard von der Leyen (1624-1678), Archbishop and Elector of Mainz and Bishop of Worms
- Damian August Philipp Karl von Limburg- Stirum (1721-1797), Prince-Bishop of Speyer
- Damián Lizio (* 1989), Argentine footballer
- Damian Luca ( b. 1936 ), Romanian musician
- Damián Macaluso ( born 1980 ), Uruguayan - Italian footballer
- Damian Marley (born 1978 ), Jamaican musician
- Damián Ortega ( born 1967), Mexican artist
- Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn- Buchheim (1676-1743), German cleric
- Damian de Veuster (1840-1889), a Belgian missionary and saint
- Damian Maichin (* 1994), Austrian Archer
Family name
- Anba Damian (* 1955), German General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church
- Cornel Damian ( born 1960 ), Romanian Bishop
- Cristina Damian ( b. 1977 ), Romanian opera singer (mezzo- soprano)
- Dan Damian (1927-2012), Romanian actor
- Edson Taschetto Damian ( born 1948 ), Brazilian Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira
- Georgeta Damian (born 1976 ), Romanian rower
- Damian Leopold (1895-1971), German politician ( NSDAP) and SA- leader
- Damian Martin ( b. 1973 ), Czech hagiographers
- Damian Oswald (1889-1978), a Protestant clergyman
- Ralf Damian (* 1962), German handball referees
- Damian Thomas ( born 1984 ), Italian natural track luge