Damir
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameTurkic, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian

Damir is a popular male given name in South Slavic languages. It also appears in Central Asia and Turkic regions of Russia (see Tatar names).

It is of Slavic origin, interpreted as da- meaning "give" and mir meaning "peace".[1][2]

It can also be a variation of a Turkish name "Demir", which means "Steel".

In Soviet epoch, Damir (Дамир) was also given as an acronym for "Да здравствует мировая революция", meaning "Long Live the King of the World Revolution".

In Croatia, the name Damir was among the most popular masculine given names in the decades between 1960 and 1990.[3]

Notable people with the name include:

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Damir

References

  1. babynames.com
  2. all-babynames.com
  3. "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. "Subscribe to the Cairns Post". Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  5. "Damir Lovrincevic". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
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