Meaning of the nameDamares

Damares is a feminine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil probably links to the biblical Greek name Dámaris.

Meaning

The meaning of Damares is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 12,461
Rank in Brazil: #1,466
Median age: 29 years
2010 Census: 7,540; people

Damares in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Damares, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,987 people).

12,337 women 124 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Damares is most common

States with the highest share of people named Damares in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Sergipe 0.011%
Rondônia 0.010%
Pará 0.009%
Bahia 0.009%
Amazonas 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,101	0.007%
Bahia	1,203	0.009%
Minas Gerais	1,108	0.005%
Pará	744	0.009%
Pernambuco	688	0.008%
Paraná	682	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	620	0.004%
Ceará	437	0.005%
Maranhão	420	0.006%
Amazonas	334	0.009%
Santa Catarina	326	0.004%
Goiás	319	0.005%
Mato Grosso	285	0.008%
Espírito Santo	261	0.007%
Sergipe	250	0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul	225	0.008%
Paraíba	217	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	209	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	193	0.006%
Rondônia	165	0.010%
Distrito Federal	146	0.005%
Alagoas	143	0.005%
Piauí	106	0.003%
Acre	85	0.010%
Tocantins	82	0.005%
Roraima	63	0.010%
Amapá	49	0.007%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Damares

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) indicates that Damares probably comes from the Greek Δάμαρις, transliterated Dámaris, and records Rodrigues's (2016) proposal that it is a Brazilian form with the formative -mares, a development of the Germanic -mar. Behind the Name gives Damaris, a biblical name, the probable meaning 'heifer, young woman', from the Greek δάμαλις, but considers the etymology uncertain. Dámaris is the name of a woman mentioned in the New Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,461 people named Damares, with a median age of 29.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Damares · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Damaris · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Damares

What does the name Damares mean?

The meaning of Damares is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Damares in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,461 people with the first name Damares, which ranks it number 1,466 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Damares a boy's or a girl's name?

Damares is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,337 women and 124 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Damares?

Damares is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Damares most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.011% of the state's population is named Damares (250 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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