Damen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
30
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Damen by the numbers

Damen was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 74 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Damen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Damen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Damiento tame, subdue1,340 in the US (2017)
  • Damonto tame; loyal704 in the US (2017)
  • Davenbeloved; a modern form of David41 in the US (2017)
  • Dameonto tame; variant of Damian29 in the US (2017)
  • Dameinvariant of Damian; to tame8 in the US (2017)
  • Daren7 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Damen

Names that are said the same way as Damen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Daimonspirit or demon16 in the US (2017)
  • Daymona form of Daemon or Damian, spirit or to tame12 in the US (2017)
  • Damone10 in the US (2017)
  • Damin6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Damen

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