Damir is a male given name.
In the
Balkans
The Balkans ( , ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throug ...
, Damir is popular among
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...
,
Croats
The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...
, and
Serbs
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in the former
Yugoslav nations, where it is interpreted as a locally originated given name, derived from ''da-'' meaning "give" and ''mir'' meaning "peace." In
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
, the name Damir was among the most popular masculine given names between the 1960s and 1990s. This region also has a female equivalent of the name: Damira.
The name also appears in
Central Asia
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and Turkic regions of
Russia
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(see
Tatar names), where it is considered a variation of the
Turkish name
A Turkish name consists of an ''ad'' or an ''isim'' (given name; plural ''adlar'' and ''isimler'') and a ''soyadı'' or ''soyisim'' (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one ''soyadı'' (surname) in the full ...
"Demir", which means ''iron''. During the
Soviet
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era, Damir (Дамир) was also used as an acronym for "Да здравствует мировая революция", meaning "Long Live the World Revolution".
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Damir Amangeldin, Kazakh actor and comedian
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Damir Bajs, Croatian politician
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Damir Bičanić
Damir Bičanić (born 29 July 1985) is a Croatian handball player, playing for RK Zagreb and the Croatian national team.
He competed for the Croatian national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Honours
;RK Zagreb
* Croatian Premier ...
, Croatian handball player
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Damir Bjelopoljak, Bosnian volleyball player
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Damir Botonjič, Slovenian football player
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Damir Burić (disambiguation), several people
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Damir Čakar
Damir Čakar (; born 28 June 1973) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as either an attacking midfielder or a striker. He is known for his powerful shots and set pieces.
Club career
Čakar started out at his local club ...
, Montenegrin football player
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Damir Čeković
Damir Čeković (Serbian Cyrillic
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was s ...
, Serbian football player
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Damir Čerkić
Damir Čerkić (born 14 February 1969 in Mostar) is a former Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player, from the late 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s.
Club career
Čerkić was product of Velež Mostar youth system and after spending two an ...
, Bosnian football player
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Damir Desnica
Damir Desnica (born 20 December 1956) is a Croatian and Yugoslav retired footballer who played as a forward. Born deaf, Desnica spent the majority of his career in the 1970s and 1980s with Rijeka, winning two Yugoslav Cup titles (1978, 1979) a ...
, Croatian football player
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Damir Dokić
Damir Dokić (; 1958 – 16 May 2025) was a Serbian tennis coach. He was the father and first coach of former professional tennis player Jelena Dokic. He gained notoriety for being involved in various violent incidents in which he was verbally an ...
, father of Serbian Australian tennis player Jelena Dokić
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Damir Doma
Damir Doma is a luxury clothing brand and Croatian fashion designer based in Milano.
Biography
Early life
Damir Doma is a fashion designer, founder and creative director of the Damir Doma brand. Doma studied fashion in Munich and Berlin. He gr ...
, German fashion designer of Croatian descent
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Damir Drinić
Damir Drinić ( sr-cyrl, Дамир Дринић; born 20 July 1989) is a Serbian retired football goalkeeper.
External links
* at Srbijafudbal
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1989 births
Living people
People from Bački Jarak
Footballers from South Bačka Distric ...
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Damir Dugonjič
Damir Dugonjič (born 21 February 1988) is a Slovenian swimmer who competed for his native country at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed in 100 metre breaststroke in all three Games, where he finished 16th, 18th and 21st re ...
, Slovenian swimmer
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Damir Džidić
Damir Džidić (born 15 February 1987) is a Bosnian and Croatian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is the younger brother of Ivica Džidić.
Honours Player
Zrinjski Mostar
* Bosnian Premier League: 2008–09
Ši ...
, Croatian football player of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
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Damir Džombić
Damir Džombić (born 3 January 1985) is a Bosnian retired football player who played as defender.
Club career
Džombić played his early youth football by Wangen bei Olten. In 2002 he joined the youth department of FC Basel and played in t ...
, Bosnian football player
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Damir Džumhur
Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. His career-best singles ATP ranking of World No. 23, achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highest-ranked tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bos ...
, Bosnian tennis player
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Damir Fejzić, Serbian taekwondo practitioner
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Damir Glavan, Croatian water polo player
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Damir Hadžić (footballer, born 1978), Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
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Damir Hadžić (footballer, born 1984), Slovenian footballer
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Damir Ibrić, Bosnian football player
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Damir Ismagulov, Russian-Kazakhstani mixed martial artist.
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Damir Jurković, Croatian football player
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Damir Kahriman, Serbian footballer of Romani descent
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Damir Kajin
Damir Kajin (born 3 February 1962) is a Croatian politician.
Born in Koper, he grew up in Buzet where he completed elementary school subsequently attending high school in Rijeka. Before starting his political career as the president of the Istri ...
, Croatian politician
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Damir Kaletović, Bosnian journalist
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Damir Kedžo
Damir Kedžo (born 24 May 1987) is a Croatian pop singer. While he started his career in 2003 by participating in '' Story Supernova Music Talents'', he became even more famous in Croatia after winning the third season of '' Tvoje lice zvuči poz ...
, Croatian singer
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Damir Keretić, German tennis player of Croatian descent
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Damir Kreilach, Croatian football player
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Damir Krupalija, Bosnian basketball player
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Damir Krznar, Croatian football player
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Damir Kukuruzović, Croatian jazz guitarist
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Damir Lesjak, Croatian football player
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Damir Maričić, Croatian football player
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Damir Markota, Bosnian basketball player
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Damir Martin, Croatian rower
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Damir Matovinović
Damir Matovinović (born April 6, 1940) is a Croatian retired football referee. He is mostly known for supervising one match (between Brazil and New Zealand) at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country i ...
, Croatian football referee
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Damir Mehić, Swedish footballer of Bosnian descent
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Damir Memišević, Bosnian football player
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Damir Mikec, Serbian sport shooter
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Damir Milinović, Croatian football player and manager
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Damir Mirvić, Bosnian football player
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Damir Mršić, Bosnian basketball player
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Damir Mulaomerović, Croatian basketball player of Bosnian descent
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Damir Nikšić, Bosnian conceptual artist
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Damir Pekič, Slovenian football player
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Damir Pertič, Slovenian futsal player
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Damir Petravić, Croatian football player and manager
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Damir Polančec, Croatian politician
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Damir Puškar, Slovenian futsal player
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Damir Rančić, Croatian basketball player
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Damir Rastić, Serbian biathlete
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Damir Rašić, Croatian football player
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Damir Rilje, Croatian politician
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Damir Ryspayev, Kazakh professional ice hockey defenceman
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Damir Sadikov, Russian football player
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Damir Salimov, Uzbek film director
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Damir Shadaev, Russian politician
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Damir Siraciev, Tatar theatre director and actor
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Damir Skomina, Slovenian football referee
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Damir Stojak, Serbian football player
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Damir Škaro, Croatian boxer
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Damir Šolman
Damir Šolman (7 September 1948 – 2 May 2023) was a Croatian professional basketball player.
Professional career
Šolman was a FIBA European Selection, in 1974.
National team career
Šolman competed with the senior Yugoslavian national basket ...
, Croatian basketball player
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Damir Šovšić, Croatian football player of Bosnian descent
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Damir Špica
Damir Špica (born 11 November 1962, in Banja Luka) is a former SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav association footballer.
Club career
Špica played for Borac Banja Luka in the Yugoslav First League. While playing for this club, in 1988, he won Yugoslav ...
, Bosnian football player
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Damir Šutevski
Damir Šutevski (28 September 1954 – 29 October 2020) was an association football player from Yugoslavia who played for Canadian and American clubs.
Career
Šutevski came from Zagreb, at the time in Yugoslavia, and originally played in the Na ...
, Yugoslavian-Canadian association football player
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Damir Urban
Damir Urban (born 19 September 1968) is a Croatian rock musician best known for his work as a singer/songwriter for Laufer and for his solo work with his band Urban & 4.
Early years
Damir Urban was born on 19 September 1968 in Rijeka, Croatia ...
, Croatian musician
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Damir Vitas, Croatian footballer
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Damir Vrabac, Bosnian football player
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Damir Vrančić, Bosnian footballer of Croatian descent
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Damir Zaynullin, Russian murder victim of Tatar descent
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Damir Zlomislić, Bosnian football player
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