Damasio
Latin · Boy · 3 syllables
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About the name Damasio
The name 'Damasio' is a Spanish and Portuguese surname-turned-given name derived from the Latin *Damascus*, meaning "of Damascus" (the Syrian city), ultimately from a Semitic root.
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Etymology
The name 'Damasio' is a Spanish and Portuguese surname-turned-given name derived from the Latin *Damascus*, meaning "of Damascus" (the Syrian city), ultimately from a Semitic root. It is primarily used in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Catholic cultures, notably associated with Saint Damasus I, a 4th-century pope, and the 20th-century Portuguese neurologist António Damásio.
Damasio currently ranks #5,645 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1981.
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