Damon is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning “to overpower, tame, subdue, conquer.” In 2024 it was given to 686 boys in the United States.
Damon at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Greek
Meaning
“to overpower, tame, subdue, conquer”
Pronunciation
/ˈdeɪmən/
Also spelled
Greek
About the name Damon
Damon belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “to overpower, tame, subdue, conquer” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Greek.
In the United States, Damon first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #104 in 1976, and in 2024 686 babies received the name — 68,226 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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