Damien

Where Damien comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Damien.

  • Ancient Greek
Damien through the years
  1. 1936
    First appearance
    #3,147 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Peak, #161
    1,507 babies named Damien, its best rank.
  3. 1979
    Damien Duff born
    Irish footballer and manager
  4. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #288.
  5. 1985
    Damien Chazelle born
    French-American filmmaker
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, the French equivalent of Damian
Namesakes
  • Damien Chazelle · French-American filmmaker, born 1985
  • Damien Duff · Irish footballer and manager, born 1979
  • Damien Hirst · English sculptor and installation artist, born 1965
  • Damien Perquis · French and Polish association football player, born 1984
  • Damien Rice · Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.