Damir

Where Damir comes from

The dictionaries list Damir as a given name — a male given name from the Slavic languages — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Slavic
Along the way
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #4,634 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Damir Skomina born
    Slovenian football referee
  3. 1992
    Damir Džumhur born
    Bosnian-Herzegovinian tennis player
  4. 2024
    Peak, #795
    316 babies named Damir — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Namesakes
  • Damir Skomina · Slovenian football referee, born 1976
  • Damir Džumhur · Bosnian-Herzegovinian tennis player, born 1992
  • Damir Martin · Croatian rower, born 1988
  • Damir Kedžo · Croatian pop singer, born 1987
  • Damir Mikec · Serbian sport shooter, born 1984

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.