Daman

See also: daman, damán, dã man, and da man

English

Etymology 1

The given name derives from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈmɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

Daman

1. The capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Translations

state capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達曼／达曼 (zh) (Dāmàn)

• Hindi: दमन (hi) (daman)
• Japanese: ダマン (Daman)
• Portuguese: Damão (pt) m or f
• Russian: Дама́н m (Damán)
• Spanish: Damán

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch Daman, variant of Damman.

Proper noun

Daman (plural Damans)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Daman is the 34390^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 659 individuals. Daman is most common among White (87.1%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Daman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 406.

Anagrams

• A and M, A. and M., Madan, Manda, ad-man, adman, amand