Damir
A near-nonexistent name in Poland until the early 2020s, when it climbed sharply and now goes to well over a hundred newborn boys a year. Slavic at root, meaning "given peace", and given only to boys: still rare enough that most Poles have never met one.
Damir Pronunciation
Damir is pronounced DAH-meer (/ˈdamir/).
What Damir means
Where Damir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Damir belongs to a family of Slavic compound names built from two old roots. The second, mir, means peace, the same element that closes Kazimierz and Włodzimierz. The first root carries the sense of giving. Together they read as given peace, a name for someone who brings calm to the people near him.
That reading stays close to the literal parts, which is rare for a name so old. Many names gather their meanings by accident. Here the roots still say what they once meant.
On a Polish class register, Damir sits among the Dawids and Damians, near in sound and separate in origin. The likeness is on the surface. Damian comes from Greek, while Damir keeps its two Slavic pieces and their plain sum: given peace.
How many people are named Damir
1 in 11217 men in Poland is named Damir. 1,903 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #716 among male names.
Damir's popularity over time
147 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #214 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2011.
Where Damir is most popular
Damir is most popular in Lubusz, 110% above the national average (23 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+94%) and West Pomeranian (+67%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Podlaskie, 89% and 79% below average respectively.
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Lubusz23 boys born+110%
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Lower Silesian67 boys born+94%
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West Pomeranian31 boys born+67%
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Pomeranian42 boys born+29%
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Opole13 boys born+28%
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Łódź34 boys born+22%
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Masovian94 boys born+20%
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Silesian55 boys born+10%
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Greater Poland48 boys born+1%
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Lesser Poland35 boys born−30%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian13 boys born−46%
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Świętokrzyskie4 boys born−67%
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Warmian-Masurian5 boys born−68%
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Lublin6 boys born−73%
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Podlaskie3 boys born−79%
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Subcarpathian3 boys born−89%
Damir as a middle name
Damir is a first name for 1,903 men in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 99/1 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2387th, between Dacjusz (15) and Dara (15).
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2385
15Cătălin
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2386
15Dacjusz
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238715Damir
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2388
15Dara
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2389
15Domingos