Damiao

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Damian in AR Argentina, US United States, PL Poland and 17 more and Damiano in IT Italy, FR France, PH Philippines.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin◐

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Damiao is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name1.3K records spelled Damiao6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Angola

  Also written Damião, Damiâo, Damiäo, Damiáo

• Russian name106 records spelled Damiao7 spellings in the group

  Also written Damião, Дамиао

• a separate name105 records spelled Damiao5 spellings in the group

  Also written Damião

• a separate given name94 records spelled Damiao5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Damião, Damiäo, Damiāo, Damiào

• a separate name74 records spelled Damiao4 spellings in the group

  Also written Damião

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

BR IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) — 11 years between 1930–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 52 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Damiao?

We estimate roughly 368 thousand people bear Damiao (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Damiao have the most bearers?

Damiao is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled damian.

Where is Damiao most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Damiao is densest in Poland — about 1 in 208 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Damiao compared with other names?

In Argentina, Damiao is the 88th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Damiao a male or female name?

Damiao is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Damiao mean?

Recorded meaning: pers. name, Portuguese