MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Daman mean?
Daman corresponds to Sanskrit damana, restraining or taming. In personal naming the idea can extend to self-control and the calming of unruly impulses.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਦਮਨ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
दमन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Daman in Indian usage
2,785 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 612 records (22%).
- Recorded as male: 2,173 records (78%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 228 |
| 1960s | 365 |
| 1970s | 477 |
| 1980s | 744 |
| 1990s | 730 |
| Other decades | 241 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 699 |
| Jharkhand | 392 |
| Haryana | 325 |
| Delhi | 305 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 242 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 193 |
| Bihar | 164 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 100 |
| Other states | 365 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, damana, p. 469,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.