Damasus - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ syll. da-ma-sus, dam-as-us ] The boy name Damasus is pronounced DAEMaaSahS ^KEY. Damasus is of Latin origin and it is used mainly in German. The meaning of Damasus is 'tamer'. Biblical name derived from the word daman which is of the meaning 'to tame, to subdue, to kill'. The name was borne by the 4th-century Pope Damasus I who was of Spanish roots, and subsequently the 11th-century Pope Damasus II. A variant form of Damasus is the Spanish Damaso.

Damasus is uncommon as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Damasus include the Latvian and Russian Dainis, the Spanish Damaso, the English Danika, the Lithuanian Danukas, the Spanish Dionis, the German Dionys, the Slavic Domagoj, the English and Italian Domenic, the English Domenick, the German Domenik, the Italian Domenique, the Italian and Spanish Domingo, the Portuguese Domingos, the English Dominic, the English Dominick, the Czech, German, Hungarian, Polish, and Slavic Dominik, the French Dominique, the Hungarian Domokos, the Hungarian Domonkos, and the name Dumaka.

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