Damaris
Masculine · “a Greek name of uncertain meaning”
Damaris is given to both — 552 boys and 12,734 girls since 1880. See Damaris as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Damaris is a Greek name from the book of Acts, carried in the seventeenth century by one of the first English women philosophers. It is three syllables, and English and Spanish speakers stress it differently.
How old is the name Damaris?
Damaris first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Damaris alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 500 people named Damaris are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Damaris most popular?
Damaris peaked in 1972, reaching #2991 nationally. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Damaris
Damaris Cudworth, daughter of a Cambridge philosopher, became Lady Masham, wrote books on the love of God and on the education of women, and corresponded with Leibniz. John Locke lived in her household in Essex for his last years and died there with her reading the Psalms to him. English speakers stress the name on its first syllable, DAM-uh-ris, while Spanish speakers, among whom it is now much used, say da-MA-ris. The name is recorded for a very few boys, but it is a woman's name almost everywhere.
Meaningscholars disagree
a Greek name of uncertain meaning
Damaris is a Greek name that appears once in the New Testament. It has been linked to damalis, a heifer, and to other words, but no reading is agreed.
Pronouncing Damaris
DAM-uh-ris
In English, stress on the first syllable. In Spanish, da-MA-rees, stressed on the second.
Nicknames for Damaris
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most boys named
- 199919 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2991reached in 1972
- Change vs 2021
- +20.0%6 in 2022, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Damaris in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dámaris in Spanish — same name
- Damaris in Greek — same name
Damariss among us
people named Damaris are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Damaris sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It has a real biblical and intellectual history.
- Mari and Dama give two short forms.
- It works in English and Spanish.
- English and Spanish speakers will say it differently, and she will need to choose.
- People may write Damarys or Demaris.
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Frequently asked
- How many Damariss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Damaris are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Damaris in 2025?
- Damaris is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Damaris with classmates?
- Damaris will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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