The baby name Damascus is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /dəˈmæskəs/ (duh-MASS-kuss).
The baby name Damascus is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /dəˈmæskəs/ (duh-MASS-kuss).
Damascus is in Origin.
Damascus is a place-derived given name taken from the ancient city, among the world’s oldest continuously inhabited. The toponym is attested in Akkadian as Dimashqa, in Aramaic as Dammeseq/Dimashq, in Biblical Hebrew as Dammesek (also Darmesek), in Greek as Damaskos, and in Latin as Damascus; modern Arabic is Dimashq. Its ultimate meaning is debated: many scholars connect it to a Northwest Semitic root denoting "well-watered/abundant," referencing the Barada River oasis, while others consider a pre-Semitic substrate origin.
As a personal name, Damascus appears sporadically in English from the 18th–19th centuries amid fashion for place names, and remains rare and masculine-leaning today. International variants include Damasco (Italian/Spanish/Portuguese), Damas (French) and Damaskos (Greek); adjectival offshoots like Damascene and Damask endure in English. Biblical prominence (e.g., Paul’s road to Damascus) and late antique chronicles lend it historical gravitas with an old-world aura.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #359 | 3 | 8,138 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #465 | 2 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| SY | 0 | #687 | 42 | 11,684 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #887 | 6 | 7,044 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #994 | 8 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,006 | 4 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,177 | 6 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,250 | 5 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,269 | 4 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,688 | 4 | 28,008 |
Damascus is popular in 21 countries — most recent births per country:
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