Damir is a common male given name in
South Slavic languages. It also occasionally appears in
Central Asia
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and Turkic regions of
Russia
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It is of
Slavic origin, with ''da'' meaning "give"/"take", and ''mir'', meaning "peace".
It can also be a variation of a Turkish name "Demir", which means "iron".
In
Tatar names, DAMIR is also an acronym for "Да здравствует мировая революция", meaning "Long live the world revolution".
In
Croatia
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, the name Damir was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1960 and 1979.
Notable people with the name include:
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Damir Bajs
Damir Bajs (born 7 October 1964 in Pakrac, Yugoslavia) is Croatian politician and former Croatia
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, 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
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, 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, Montenegrin football player
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Damir Čeković, Serbian football player
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Damir Čerkić, Bosnian football player
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Damir Desnica
Damir Desnica (born 20 December 1956) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Born in Obrovac, Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Desnica spent much of his career with HNK Rijeka, appearing in near ...
, Croatian football player
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Damir Dokić, 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 gra ...
, German fashion designer of Croatian descent
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Damir Drinić, Serbian football player
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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 respe ...
, Slovenian swimmer
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Damir Duvelek, Swedish hitman of Bosnian descent
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Damir Džidić, Croatian football player of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
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Damir Džombić, Bosnian football player
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Damir Džumhur
Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a professional tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 1 player. His career-best singles ranking of World No. 23 achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highes ...
, Bosnian tennis player
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Damir Ervin
Damir is a common male given name in South Slavic languages. It also occasionally appears in Central Asia and Turkic regions of Russia.
It is of Slavic names, Slavic origin, with ''da'' meaning "give"/"take", and ''mir'', meaning "peace".
It can ...
, American cartoonist, artist, animator
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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 Jurković, Croatian football player
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Damir Kahriman, Serbian footballer of Romani descent
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Damir Kajin, 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
Damir Markota (born December 26, 1985 as Damir Omerhodžić) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for Dinamo in the Croatian League. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position.
Professional career
Markota, b ...
, Bosnian basketball player
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Damir Martin
Damir Martin (born 14 July 1988) is a Croatian rower. He won silver in the men's single scull at the 2016 Olympics losing to Mahé Drysdale in a photo finish and beating the multiple time world champion Ondřej Synek. He also won silver at the ...
, Croatian rower
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Damir Matovinović, 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 of Croatian descent
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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
Damir Mulaomerović (born 19 September 1974) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Cedevita Junior of the Croatian League.
Professional career
Mulaomerović started his career with S ...
, 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 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
Damir Skomina (born 5 August 1976) is a Slovenian former UEFA Elite category football referee.
Refereeing career
Skomina was the fourth referee at several UEFA Euro 2008 matches. He refereed the quarter-final match of the football tournament ...
, 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 (born 7 September 1948) is a Croatian former professional basketball player.
Professional career
Šolman was a FIBA European Selection, in 1974.
National team career
Šolman competed with the senior Yugoslavian national basketball ...
, Croatian basketball player
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Damir Šovšić, Croatian football player of Bosnian descent
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Damir Špica, Bosnian football player
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Damir Šutevski, 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 Yusupov, Russian pilot known for safely crash landing
Ural Airlines Flight 178
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Damir Zaynullin, Russian murder victim of Tatar descent
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Damir Zlomislić, Bosnian football player
See also
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References
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