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 [ 3 syll. da-ma-ris, dam-ar-is ] The girl name Damaris is pronounced as DahMAARahS KEY. Damaris is largely used in English and German. Its origin is Old Greek. The name Damaris means calf, gentleness; wife. Biblical name derived from the words 'damalis' calf ; 'damar' wife. The name is most likely a corruption of Damalis (Old Greek), although it could also be from the diminutive of the element 'damar' (wife). As a form of Damalis, the name is sometimes interpreted to mean 'gentleness'. In the Bible, Damaris was an Athenian woman and Christian convert of Paul; as a result of the biblical mention, in the 17th century the name was adopted by English Puritans. Damara (English), Damaras (English), Damaress (English), Damario (Spanish), Damarys (Spanish), Damiris (English), Demaras (English), Demaris (English), and Maris (English) are variants of Damaris. Mara (pet form in English, Hebrew, Italian, and Slavic) and Mari (pet form in English, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Scandinavian, and Welsh) are other variants of the name. Damaris is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1990s. At the modest height of its usage in 2006, 0.023% of baby girls were named Damaris. It had a ranking of #609 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.017% and its ranking #808, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its family. In 2008, Damaris was 0.588% more widely used than the subsequent ranked name, Mara (English, Hebrew, Italian, Slavic, German, Hungarian, and Czech). Baby names that sound like Damaris include Damaras (English), Damaress (English), Damarys (Spanish), Damiris (English), Demaras (English), and Demaris (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Damaris: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
