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Damyan

Boy · dah-MYAHN · Greek

Damyan is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “to tame, subdue”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

What does Damyan mean?

Greek: Bulgarian form of Damian

“to tame, subdue”

The Bulgarian form of Damian, from Greek Damianos.

Say it
dah-MYAHN

Is Damyan a girl's or a boy's name?

Damyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Damyan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,690among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 280,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Damyan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.

Half of all the boys named Damyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1993Busiest: 32 in 20102025
Damyan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#10,690
20240–
20238#8,916
20220–
20216#10,794
20200–
20199#8,209
20180–
201711#7,091
20165#12,180
201510#7,486
201410#7,557
201323#4,178
201214#5,995
201125#3,992
201032#3,376
200914#6,091
200819#4,897
200717#5,207
200621#4,366
200515#5,273
200419#4,416
200317#4,611
200215#4,913
200116#4,670
200014#5,034
199915#4,531
199814#4,645
199710#5,636
19966#7,964
19955#8,861
19948#6,366
19936#7,631

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