Damir

Damir: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“give peace”
Origin
Slavic
Say it
dah-MEER · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

South Slavic name often analyzed from da 'give' and mir 'peace.' It is especially used in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian contexts; some cases may reflect adoption influenced by Timur.

How popular is Damir?

202495.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Damir in 2024315

2024 rank#796 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,213

Damir is rising: use over the last five years is 3.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Damir

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • IvanGod is gracious · Slavic
  • Dominikof the Lord · Slavic
  • IvaanGod is gracious · Slavic
  • Nikolavictory of the people · Slavic
  • JovanGod is gracious · Slavic
  • Vladimirgreat ruler · Slavic
  • Stanto stand, become · Slavic

Damir questions

What does the name Damir mean?

Damir means "give peace". It comes from Slavic. South Slavic name often analyzed from da 'give' and mir 'peace.' It is especially used in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian contexts; some cases may reflect adoption influenced by Timur.

Is Damir a boy or girl name?

Damir is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Damir?

315 US babies were named Damir in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Damir?

Damir is usually pronounced dah-MEER.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.