Damaris is a Greek name from the New Testament, borne by a woman of Athens who became a follower of Paul. Its meaning is uncertain but often given as gentle, or linked to a word for a calf or heifer.
Rare and soft, it has a scholarly, slightly mysterious air, and was a favourite among the Puritans for its biblical roots.
Understated and gentle, Damaris is a quiet classic waiting to be found.
Damaris does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
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In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Damaris reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.