Damian (also spelled Damien, Daymian, Daman, Damon, Daemon, Damion, Daymein, Damyean, Damiano, Demian, دامیان, Damião amongst others) is a given name that comes from Damianus, which is the latinisation of the Greek name Δαμιανός (Damianos), derived from the Greek word δαμάζω (damazō), "(I) conquer, master, overcome, tame", in the form of δαμάω/-ῶ (damaō), a form assumed as the first person of δαμᾷ (damāi).[1][2][3]
Saint Damien of Moloka'i (1840–1889), a Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, revered for his ministry that resulted in his own death from leprosy
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Damian, full name Damian Gerard Baker (1964 - 2017), English pop musician and actor, known by his mononym Damian
Damian Chapa (born 1962), American actor director star of Blood In Blood Out
Damien Echols (born 1974), American author, one of three members of The West Memphis Three
Damian Higgins (born 1972), real name of American DJ DieselBoy
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damian, given, name, damian, also, spelled, damien, daymian, daman, damon, daemon, damion, daymein, damyean, damiano, demian, دامیان, damião, amongst, others, given, name, that, comes, from, damianus, which, latinisation, greek, name, Δαμιανός, damianos, deriv. Damian also spelled Damien Daymian Daman Damon Daemon Damion Daymein Damyean Damiano Demian دامیان Damiao amongst others is a given name that comes from Damianus which is the latinisation of the Greek name Damianos Damianos derived from the Greek word damazw damazō I conquer master overcome tame in the form of damaw ῶ damaō a form assumed as the first person of damᾷ damai 1 2 3 DamianSaint DamianPronunciation d eɪ m iː en GenderMaleOriginWord nameGreeceMeaningto tameRegion of originGreeceOther namesRelated namesDamian Damien Damon Damian Damian Damјan Damjan Damyan Damyan Demyan Demyan دامون Damun دیمون Deymun دامیان Damyan Damian Contents 1 Historical names 2 Contemporary people 2 1 Arts 2 2 Others 3 Fiction 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistorical names EditNotable persons with the name include Deruvian sometimes called Damian legendary 2nd century bishop and saint Damian of Ephesus 4 Greek rhetorician Damian of Thessalonica Greek physician Saints Cosmas and Damian died c 303 early Christian martyrs patrons of physicians and surgeons Damian two early Christian martyrs Coptic Pope Damian of Alexandria died 605 Damianus died 669 a bishop of Rochester named after one of the above martyrs Damian of Pavia d 710 Bishop of Pavia and saint Damian of Tarsus d 924 Byzantine renegade and Muslim admiral Pedro Damiano 1480 1544 a Portuguese chess player Damian I of Jerusalem Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1897 to 1931 Saint Damien of Moloka i 1840 1889 a Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Moloka i revered for his ministry that resulted in his own death from leprosyContemporary people EditArts Edit Damian full name Damian Gerard Baker 1964 2017 English pop musician and actor known by his mononym Damian Damian Chapa born 1962 American actor director star of Blood In Blood Out Damien Echols born 1974 American author one of three members of The West Memphis Three Damian Higgins born 1972 real name of American DJ DieselBoy Damian Lewis born 1971 English actor Damian Marley born 1978 Grammy winning reggae artist and son of Bob Marley Damian McGinty born 1992 Irish singer and actor Damian O Hare born 1977 Northern Irish actor Damian Smith Australian ballet dancer Damian Woetzel born 1967 New York City Ballet principal dancer retired 2008Others Edit Damian Conway born 1964 Australian computer science professor author and prominent perl programmer Damian Escudero born 1987 Argentine professional footballer Damian Furmanski born 1975 Argentinean tennis player Damian Green born 1956 British politician Damian Lillard born 1990 basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA Damian Mackle born 1985 Northern Irish professional wrestler known professionally as Killian Dain Damian Martin born 1984 Australian basketball player Damian Matthew born 1970 English football manager Damian McBride former special adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Damian Militaru born 1967 Romanian footballer Damian Milton born 1973 British sociologist and social psychologist Damian Swann born 1992 American football player Damian Wilson born 1969 English musician songwriter and vocalistFiction EditDamian Cray character from the novel Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz Damian Desmond a character from anime manga series Spy Family Damian Hart a character from Beyblade Metal Fight Damian Hayes a character in Degrassi The Next Generation Damian Wayne a DC comics character the son of Bruce Wayne Batman and Talia Al GhulSee also EditDamian Damien disambiguation References Edit damazw Liddell Henry George Scott Robert A Greek English Lexicon at the Perseus Project damaw in Liddell and Scott damᾷ Greek Word Study Tool on Perseus Digital Library Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology page 934 V 1 Archived from the original on 2007 04 06 Retrieved 2007 10 17 This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 nbsp This page or section lists people that share the same given name If an internal link led you here you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Damian given name amp oldid 1159991768, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
