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First name origin & meaning:

Greek: Tamer

First name variations: Damian, Daimen, Daman, Damen, Demyan, Damaiaon, Damaien, Damaun, Damayon, Dame, Damean, Damián, Damiane, Damiann, Damiano, Damianos, Damiyan, Damján, Damyen, Damyin, Damyyn, Daymian, Dema, Daemien, Damie, Damienne, Damieon, Damiion, Damine, Damionne, Damiyon, Dammion, Damyon, Damien

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English and Scottish: from the personal name Damon, from a classical Greek name, a derivative of damān ‘to kill’. Compare Damian.
  2. Respelling of the French surname D’Amont, a topographic name, with the preposition d(e) denoting someone who lived à mont ‘uphill’, i.e. on high ground above a village or settlement.

Famous people with this last name: Matt Damon

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