Damin
Masculine · “to tame”
Damin sits among Damon, Damian and Damien, sharing their sound with a spelling of its own. The old root behind that family is a verb for taming, and it is the same root that gave English the plain word tame.
How old is the name Damin?
Damin first appears in US birth records in 1966 — 59 years ago. The typical Damin alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 600 people named Damin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Damin most popular?
Damin peaked in 1975, reaching #2001 nationally. See the whole 1975 chart.
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Where it comes from
From damazein to Damin
The story of Damin
Greek damazein, to tame, has cousins all over Europe: Latin domare, which gave English indomitable, and the Germanic word that became English tame. Damon and Damian grew from the Greek side, and both have been carried by saints and by characters in literature. In the twentieth century the Damien spelling picked up a shadow when the film The Omen gave it to a child who turns out to be the Antichrist. Damin avoids that spelling while keeping the sound.
Meaningscholars disagree
to tame, through Damon or Damian
Damin is most likely a respelling of Damon or Damian. Both are traditionally traced to Greek damazein, to tame or subdue, though Damian has also been linked to Damia, a Greek goddess. No record says which a given family meant.
How the name formed
- damazein
- Damianos
- Damian
- Damin
Related forms: Damianos · Damián · Damian · Damien
Pronouncing Damin
DAY-min
Usually said like Damon or Damian's first two syllables, DAY-min. Some families say DAM-in, with the short a the spelling suggests.
Nicknames for Damin
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
- 1966
- Most boys named
- 197523 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2001reached in 1975
- Change vs 2021
- +140.0%12 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.
Damin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Damianos in Greek — related form
- Damián in Spanish — related form
- Damian in Polish — related form
- Damien in French — related form
Damins among us
people named Damin 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
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Fashion outlook
Damin 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 sounds like a family of long-established names.
- It is rare as a spelling, so it stands apart.
- The root it shares with tame is old and documented.
- Strangers will split between DAY-min and DAM-in.
- The whole family of names still reminds some people of The Omen.
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- How many Damins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Damin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Damin in 2025?
- Damin is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Damin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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