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Meaning

The name Damon has the following meaning:

To tame.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Damon is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 311 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Damon fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 45 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 519 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Damon in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Damon is pronounced as day-mun

Origins

Damon originates from the Greek language.
See other suggested Greek boy baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Damon and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Damon: Boys - Daphnis, Girls - Anastasia, Calista, Ione, Nyx, Both genders - Myrtle, Nicole

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Damon:

Style

We think the name Damon should fall under the following style category: Mythical and Mysterious.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Damon to be: An introverted, mysterious person

In one word, you might describe Damon as a(n) "mysterious" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Damon (or its variants) are:

Damon Runyon, born on 4 October, a famous writer. Damon Runyon's background: A newspaperman and writer.

Damon Albarn, born on 23 March, a famous singer. Damon Albarn's background: An English singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer and keyboard player of rock band Blur.

Damon Albern, born on 23 March, a famous singer. Damon Albern's background: Born in 1968. He was the lead singer of the pop group Blur. The album and single Parklife made Blur a central part of the Britpop explosion in the 1990s. They won awards for best band, best album, best single and best video at the 1995 Brit Awards.
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