Damara
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning gentle girl; from damalis.
Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Damara by the numbers
Damara was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 48 babies in 2004, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Damara. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Damara, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
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