Damaris
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning gentle girl; from Greek damalis.
Babies a year
153
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2788
9 babies
Damaris by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Damaris. In the US, 153 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 483 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Damaris. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Damaris, 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)
Names about as common as Damaris
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