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Damiana - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Damiana
 
 



The girl name Damiana [ syll. da-mia-na, dam-i-ana ] is pronounced DaaMiyAENah KEY. Damiana's origin is Old Greek, and its use, Italian. The meaning of Damiana is 'tamer'. Biblical name derived from the word daman which has the meaning 'to tame, to subdue'. The generic name has been used in the New Testament of the Bible. Damiana is the feminine version of the English, German, and Polish Damian.

Damiana is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Damiana include the German Dayana, the English Deana, the English Deanna, the English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish Diana, the English Dianna, the English and German Dana, the English Danaë, the French and German Dany, the English Dayna, the English Demi, the Dutch Demy, the French and German Diane, the French and German Dianne, the English and German Dina, the English and German Dinah, the English Dionne, the English Donna, the English, Italian, and Spanish Drina, the Slavic Dunja, the Russian Dunya, and the English Dawn.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Damiana: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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