Damen or Daemen is a
Dutch patronymic surname
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meaning "son of Daam". Daam is an archaic nickname for
Adam
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Damen
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variant forms are Daamen, Daams, Daems, and Dame. Notable people with these surnames include:
Damen
* Abby Damen (born 1992), New Zealand actress
* Alessandro Damen (born 1990), Dutch football goalkeeper
*Arnold Damen
Arnold Damen, S.J. (1815–1890) was a Dutch Jesuit missionary who is noted for bringing Jesuit education to Chicago.
Biography
Damen was born in Leur, North Brabant (The Netherlands) on March 20, 1815, and joined the Jesuit missions in North A ...
(1815–1890), Dutch Jesuit missionary in Chicago, founder of eight schools
* Gijs Damen (born 1979), Dutch freestyle swimmer
* Grad Damen (born 1997), Dutch football midfielder
* (born 1946), Belgian theater and television actor
* (1898–1957), Dutch violinist
* José Damen (born 1959), Dutch butterfly swimmer
* Karen Damen (born 1974), Flemish singer, actress, and television host
*Kommer Damen
Kommer Damen (born 1944) is a Dutch billionaire
A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least 1,000,000,000, one billion units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterli ...
(born 1944), Dutch shipbuilder and CEO of the Damen Group
The Damen Group is a Dutch defence, shipbuilding, and engineering conglomerate company based in Gorinchem, Netherlands.
Though it is a major international group doing business in 120 countries, it remains a private family-owned company.
Dame ...
* Onorato Damen (1893–1979), Italian communist revolutionary
* Piet Damen (born 1934), Dutch racing cyclist
Daams
* Hans Daams (born 1962), Dutch racing cyclist
* Jessie Daams (born 1990), Belgian racing cyclist, daughter of Hans
Daemen
* Jan Daemen Cool (1589–1660), Dutch portrait painter (here "Daemen" is still a patronym)
*Joan Daemen
Joan Daemen (; born 1965) is a Belgians, Belgian cryptographer who is currently professor of digital security (symmetric encryption) at Radboud University. He co-designed with Vincent Rijmen the Rijndael cipher, which was selected as the Advance ...
(born 1965), Belgian cryptographer
* Maria Catharina Daemen or Mother Magdalena Daemen (1787–1858), Dutch Franciscan sister who founded a religious congregation
* Tom Daemen (born 1985), Dutch football midfielder
See also
* Daemen University, named for Maria Catharina Daemen
* Daems, surname of the same origin
* Dahmen (surname), German surname
* Damen (disambiguation)
References
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Dutch-language surnames
Patronymic surnames