Damir

Damir is a common male given name in South Slavic languages. It also occasionally appears in Central Asia and Turkic regions of Russia (see Tatar names).

It could be of Slavic origin, interpreted as da- meaning "give" and mir meaning "peace".[1][2]

It can also be a variation of a Turkish name "Demir", which means "iron".

In Soviet epoch, Damir (Дамир) was also given as an acronym for "Да здравствует мировая революция", meaning "Long live the world revolution".

In Croatia, the name Damir was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1960 and 1979.[3]

Notable people with the name include:

• Damir Bajs, Croatian politician
• Damir Bičanić, Croatian handball player
• Damir Bjelopoljak, Bosnian volleyball player
• Damir Botonjič, Slovenian football player
• Damir Burić (disambiguation), several people
• Damir Čakar, Montenegrin football player
• Damir Čeković, Serbian football player
• Damir Čerkić, Bosnian football player
• Damir Desnica, Croatian football player
• Damir Dokić, father of Serbian Australian tennis player Jelena Dokić
• Damir Doma, German fashion designer of Croatian descent
• Damir Drinić, Serbian football player
• Damir Dugonjič, Slovenian swimmer
• Damir Duvelek, Swedish hitman of Bosnian descent
• Damir Džidić, Croatian football player of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
• Damir Džombić, Bosnian football player
• Damir Džumhur, Bosnian tennis player
• Damir Ervin, American cartoonist, artist, animator
• Damir Fejzić, Serbian taekwondo practitioner
• Damir Glavan, Croatian water polo player
• Damir Hadžić (footballer, born 1978), Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
• Damir Hadžić (footballer, born 1984), Slovenian footballer
• Damir Ibrić, Bosnian football player
• Damir Jurković, Croatian football player
• Damir Kahriman, Serbian footballer of Romani descent
• Damir Kajin, Croatian politician
• Damir Kaletović, Bosnian journalist
• Damir Kedžo, Croatian singer
• Damir Keretić, German tennis player of Croatian descent
• Damir Kreilach, Croatian football player
• Damir Krupalija, Bosnian basketball player
• Damir Krznar, Croatian football player
• Damir Kukuruzović, Croatian jazz guitarist
• Damir Lesjak, Croatian football player
• Damir Maričić, Croatian football player
• Damir Markota, Bosnian basketball player
• Damir Martin, Croatian rower
• Damir Matovinović, Croatian football referee
• Damir Mehić, Swedish footballer of Bosnian descent
• Damir Memišević, Bosnian football player
• Damir Mikec, Serbian sport shooter
• Damir Milinović, Croatian football player and manager
• Damir Mirvić, Bosnian football player
• Damir Mršić, Bosnian basketball player
• Damir Mulaomerović, Croatian basketball player of Bosnian descent
• Damir Nikšić, Bosnian conceptual artist
• Damir Pekič, Slovenian football player
• Damir Pertič, Slovenian futsal player
• Damir Petravić, Croatian football player and manager
• Damir Polančec, Croatian politician
• Damir Puškar, Slovenian futsal player
• Damir Rančić, Croatian basketball player
• Damir Rastić, Serbian biathlete
• Damir Rašić, Croatian football player
• Damir Rilje, Croatian politician
• Damir Sadikov, Russian football player
• Damir Salimov, Uzbek film director
• Damir Shadaev, Russian politician
• Damir Siraciev, Tatar theatre director and actor
• Damir Skomina, Slovenian football referee
• Damir Stojak, Serbian football player
• Damir Škaro, Croatian boxer
• Damir Šolman, Croatian basketball player
• Damir Šovšić, Croatian football player of Bosnian descent
• Damir Špica, Bosnian football player
• Damir Šutevski, Yugoslavian-Canadian association football player
• Damir Urban, Croatian musician
• Damir Vitas, Croatian footballer
• Damir Vrabac, Bosnian football player
• Damir Vrančić, Bosnian footballer of Croatian descent
• Damir Yusupov, Russian pilot known for safely crash landing Ural Airlines Flight 178
• Damir Zaynullin, Russian murder victim of Tatar descent
• Damir Zlomislić, Bosnian football player