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

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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 Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

and Turkic regions of

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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 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

era, Damir (Дамир) was also used as an acronym for "Да здравствует мировая революция", meaning "Long Live the World Revolution".https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/damir/

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* Damir Amangeldin, Kazakh actor and comedian *

Damir Bajs Damir Bajs (born 7 October 1964 in Pakrac, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian politician and former Croatian Minister of Tourism. He is currently serving as a member of Parliament and formerly served as the Prefect of Bjelovar-Bilogora County. He is a me ...

, Croatian politician *

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 *

Damir Bjelopoljak Damir Bjelopoljak is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian volleyball player at the highest national level. He was born in Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He plays for OK Kakanj in the Premier League of Volleyball of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is 194 ...

, Bosnian volleyball player * Damir Botonjič, Slovenian football player * Damir Burić (disambiguation), several people *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

Damir Drinić Damir Drinić ( sr-cyrl, Дамир Дринић; born 20 July 1989) is a Serbian retired football goalkeeper. External links * at Srbijafudbal * 1989 births Living people People from Bački Jarak Footballers from South Bačka Distric ...

, Serbian football player *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 * Damir Fejzić, Serbian taekwondo practitioner * Damir Glavan, Croatian water polo player *

Damir Hadžić (footballer, born 1978) Damir Hadžić (born 2 October 1978) is a retired Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional footballer who played as a winger and spent most of his career with Bosnian-Herzegovinian Premier League club Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of Euro ...

, Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer * Damir Hadžić (footballer, born 1984), Slovenian footballer *

Damir Ibrić Damir Ibrić Yüksel (born 30 March 1984) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian retired footballer who last played as a striker for Faroese club B68 Toftir. He was born in Izmit, Turkey and has dual citizenship, Bosnian and Turkish. His father, Senad I ...

, Bosnian football player * Damir Ismagulov, Russian-Kazakhstani mixed martial artist. * Damir Jurković, Croatian football player *

Damir Kahriman Damir Kahriman ( sr-Cyrl, Дамир Кахриман; born 19 November 1984) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was a member of the Serbia U21 national team, especially during the 2007 UEFA European Und ...

, Serbian footballer of Romani descent *

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 * Damir Kaletović, Bosnian journalist *

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 *

Damir Keretić Damir Keretić (born 26 March 1960) is a ex-professional tennis player who represented West Germany in Davis Cup in the 1980s. Biography The only title he won during his career was the ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger tournament in Naples, Italy ...

, 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 Damir Markota (born Damir Omerhodžić on December 26, 1985) is a Croatian professional basketball player who last played for Dinamo Zagreb in the Croatian League. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position. Professional career Mark ...

, Bosnian basketball player * Damir Martin, Croatian rower *

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 * Damir Mehić, Swedish footballer of Bosnian descent * Damir Memišević, Bosnian football player *

Damir Mikec Damir Mikec ( sr-Cyrl, Дамир Микец; born 31 March 1984) is a Serbian sport shooter. Biography Mikec represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. He earned his qualification by finishing 6th at ...

, Serbian sport shooter *

Damir Milinović Damir Milinović (born 15 October 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player. He was named manager of Dubrava in June 2022. Club career Born in Rijeka, Milinović spent most of his career in his local club, Rijeka, befo ...

, Croatian football player and manager * Damir Mirvić, Bosnian football player * Damir Mršić, Bosnian basketball player *

Damir Mulaomerović Damir Mulaomerović (born 19 September 1974) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is the current coach of KK Dinamo Zagreb. Professional career Mulaomerović started his career with Sloboda Dita in 1990. Not too lo ...

, Croatian basketball player of Bosnian descent * Damir Nikšić, Bosnian conceptual artist *

Damir Pekič Damir Pekič (born 15 January 1979) is a former Slovenian football player who played as a forward Club career Pekič started his senior career in Maribor. Before he was given a real chance in the club he was sent to Celje on loan for a season. ...

, Slovenian football player *

Damir Pertič Damir Pertič (born 10 July 1981) is a retired Slovenian futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (ass ...

, Slovenian futsal player * Damir Petravić, Croatian football player and manager * Damir Polančec, Croatian politician * Damir Puškar, Slovenian futsal player *

Damir Rančić Damir Rančić (born 23 June 1983) is a Croatian basketball coach and former professional player who currently coaches Ribola Kaštela of the Prva liga. Pro career Rančić was born in Split and began his professional career in 2000 with Solin. ...

, Croatian basketball player * Damir Rastić, Serbian biathlete * Damir Rašić, Croatian football player * Damir Rilje, Croatian politician * Damir Ryspayev, Kazakh professional ice hockey defenceman *

Damir Sadikov Damir Maratovich Sadikov (; born 12 July 1991) is a Russian former professional football player. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 26 March 2010 for FC Amkar Perm FC Amkar Perm ( ) is a professional association f ...

, Russian football player *

Damir Salimov Damir Salimov (; 19 July 1937 – 28 March 2019) was an Uzbek film director who was credited with introducing animation to Uzbekistan , image_flag = Flag of Uzbekistan.svg , image_coat = Emblem of Uzbekistan.svg , s ...

, Uzbek film director * Damir Shadaev, Russian politician * Damir Siraciev, Tatar theatre director and actor *

Damir Skomina Damir Skomina (born 5 August 1976) is a Slovenian former UEFA Elite category football referee. He is currently working as analyst of referee decisions on Croatian radiotelevision. Refereeing career Skomina was the fourth referee at several U ...

, Slovenian football referee * Damir Stojak, Serbian football player * Damir Škaro, Croatian boxer *

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 * Damir Šovšić, Croatian football player of Bosnian descent *

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 *

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 *

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 * Damir Vitas, Croatian footballer * Damir Vrabac, Bosnian football player * Damir Vrančić, Bosnian footballer of Croatian descent * Damir Zaynullin, Russian murder victim of Tatar descent * Damir Zlomislić, Bosnian football player

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