Name: Damon

Gender: Male

Usage: Damon is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Damon are in general originating from Greece, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Damon across the world, see Damian.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Damon is: To tame, Tame.

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Numerology of the first name Damon: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 2. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: cooperative, sensitive, adaptive, passive, diplomatic, peaceful, warm.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Diplomatic, Sensitive
Ruling planet: Moon
Colors: Green, Cream
Gemstones: Pearl, Jade, Moonstone

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The name Damon is ranked on the 1,136th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 451000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.007% of the population. The name Damon has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Damon for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

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Damon is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Damon Albarn (born 1968), British songwriter and musician
  • Damon Allen (born 1963), American football player
  • Damon Amendolara, overnight host on the CBS Sports Radio Network
  • Damon Bailey, retired American basketball player
  • Damon Beesley, English writer and television producer
  • Damon Berryhill (born 1963), Major League Baseball catcher
  • Damon Bossino, Gibraltarian barrister and MP of the Gibraltar Parliament as a member of the Gibraltar Social Democrats
  • Damon Bruce, American sports radio host
  • Damon Buffini, English businessman
  • Damon Buford, retired Major League Baseball player
  • Damon Carter (born 1980), actor
  • Damon Che, rock drummer and guitarist
  • Damon Dash (born 1971), American music industry executive
  • Damon Dunn, politician, commercial real estate developer, minister, and retired football player
  • Damon Duval, American professional placekicker and punter
  • Damon Elliott (born 1973), American record producer, singer, and songwriter
  • Damon Hill (born 1960), former Formula One driver
  • Damon Knight, American Science Fiction writer
  • Damon Lindelof (born 1973), American television writer and executive
  • Damon M. Cummings (1910-1942), United States Navy officer who received a posthumous Navy Cross for his actions during World War II
  • Damon Pieri (born 1970), American football player
  • Damon Runyon (1884–1946), newspaperman and writer
  • Damon Stoudamire (born 1973), American basketball player
  • Damon Stryker, former alias of Canadian pro wrestler Adam Copeland
  • Damon Thomas (mayor), current Lord Mayor of Hobart
  • Damon Wayans (born 1960), American comedic actor

Fictional characters:

  • Damon Carter, character in Soul Food
  • Damon Salvatore, character in The Vampire Diaries

English: from a classical Greek name, a derivative of damān to tame, subdue (often a euphemism for ‘kill’). This was made famous in antiquity by the story of Damon and Pythias. In the early 4th century BC Pythias was condemned to death by Dionysius, ruler of Syracuse. His friend Damon offered to stand surety for him, and took his place in the condemned cell while Pythias put his affairs in order. When Pythias duly returned to be executed, rather than absconding and leaving his friend to his fate, Dionysius was so impressed by the trust and friendship of the two young men that he pardoned both of them. The name was not used in the early centuries of the Christian era or during the Middle Ages. Its modern use seems to date from the 1930s and is probably due to the fame of the American short-story writer Damon Runyon (1884–1946). It is sometimes taken as a variant of Damian.

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