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Damir is a male given name in
South Slavic languages . It also appears in
Central Asia and Turkic regions of
Russia (see
Tatar names ).
It is of
Slavic origin, interpreted as da- meaning "give" and mir meaning "peace".
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It can also be a variation of a
Turkish name "Demir", which means "Steel".
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 popular masculine given names in the decades between 1960 and 1990.
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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 Lovrinčević ,
[4] Croatian Hemp Entrepreneur
Damir Lovrinčević ,
[5] Croatian Actor
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
See also
References