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Okay my last name is Damian. I love it, but I've never heard of anyone else having that last name. (aside from relatives of course)
I was just wondering if anyone else has heard it before.
Or where in tha hell it might have come from 'cause my family don't know.
I'm hispanic, but it doesn't sound very hispanic to me. lol

I've known a few first name Damians...

1. French, Spanish (Damián), Italian (Venice), Czech and Slovak (Damián), and Polish: from the medieval personal name Damian, Greek Damianos (from damazein ‘to subdue’). St. Damian was an early Christian saint martyred in Cilicia in ad 303 under the emperor Domitian, together with his brother Cosmas. In some accounts the brothers are said to have been doctors, and together they were regarded as the patrons of physicians and apothecaries. A later St. Damian lived in the 7th–8th centuries and was bishop of Pavia; he may have had some influence on the popularity of the personal name in Italy.
2. Americanized spelling of Hungarian Damján or Damján or Slovenian Damjan, Damijan, cognates with 1.
3. Jewish (from Poland): either an ornamental adoption of the Polish personal name Damian as a surname, or a habitational name from the village of Damiany in northeastern Poland.

Damian Name Meaning and History
French, Spanish (Damián), Italian (Venice), Czech and Slovak (Damián), and Polish: from the medieval personal name Damian, Greek Damianos (from damazein ‘to subdue’). St. Damian was an early Christian saint martyred in Cilicia in ad 303 under the emperor Domitian, together with his brother Cosmas. In some accounts the brothers are said to have been doctors, and together they were regarded as the patrons of physicians and apothecaries. A later St. Damian lived in the 7th–8th centuries and was bishop of Pavia; he may have had some influence on the popularity of the personal name in Italy.
Americanized spelling of Hungarian Damján or Damján or Slovenian Damjan, Damijan, cognates with 1.
Jewish (from Poland): either an ornamental adoption of the Polish personal name Damian as a surname, or a habitational name from the village of Damiany in northeastern Poland.

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Your last name has some Greek roots, believe it or not. The word 'damian' in ancient Greek referred to a spirit or force that would aid in keeping you away from evil. Eventually, this word was used adversly to signify (you guessed it) demon, or an evil force.

hey i heard it!

You can check out a web site ancestry.com to see where other people live with this name.

CHECK THIS LAST NAME OUT... Lenkiewicz ... hell yea its my last name... dont even try to say it....

ur on your own there. i have never heard of it.

Interesting...................and nice name!
Of course, different people hav different name...............right???