Damazy
From Greek, built on a verb that meant to tame, to bring a wild thing under control. Give it to a boy in Poland and he's likely the only Damazy anyone in the room has met.
Damazy Pronunciation
Damazy is pronounced dah-MAH-zih (/daˈmazɨ/).
What Damazy means
Where Damazy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Damazy comes from Greek, from the verb damazō, meaning to tame. In Polish that is ujarzmiać, to bring under control. The Greek damazō is cognate with Latin domare and English tame, all from one old root for mastering an animal or a will.
The best-known bearer is Saint Damasus I, pope from 366 to 384. He asked Jerome to revise the Latin Bible, the work that became the Vulgate. His name entered the Polish calendar with a fixed day. Damazy celebrates his imieniny on 11 December.
Today the name is rare. Read a class register in a Polish school and you will not likely find one. A boy called Damazy carries a word that once meant to tame, in Polish ujarzmiać.
When Damazy celebrates name day
Damazy appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 27 November.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Damazy
1 in 116012 men in Poland is named Damazy. 184 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2340 among male names.
Damazy's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1509 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Damazy as a middle name
Damazy is a first name for 184 men in Poland and a middle name for another 247, a 43/57 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 451st, between Jesus (248) and Rene (246).
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#449 Pedro249
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#450 Jesus248
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#451 Damazy247
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#452 Rene246
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#453 Zenobiusz245