Damir

Damir is a common male given name in South Slavic languages. It also occasionally appears in Central Asia and Turkic regions of Russia (see Tatar names).
It could be of Slavic origin, interpreted as da- meaning "give" and mir meaning "peace".
It can also be a variation of a Turkish name "Demir", which means "iron".
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 common masculine given names in the decades between 1960 and 1979.
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 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
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Masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names
Slavic masculine given names
Bosnian masculine given names