Damen (surname)

Damen or Daemen is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Daam". Daam is an archaic nickname for Adam.^[1] Variant forms are Daamen, Daams, Daems, and Dame. Notable people with these surnames include:

• Abby Damen (born 1992), New Zealand actress
• Alessandro Damen (born 1990), Dutch football goalkeeper
• Arnold Damen (1815–1890), Dutch Jesuit missionary in Chicago, founder of eight schools
• Gijs Damen (born 1979), Dutch freestyle swimmer
• Grad Damen (born 1997), Dutch football midfielder
• Hubert Damen [fr; nl] (born 1946), Belgian theater and television actor
• Jan Damen [ja; nl; ru] (1898–1957), Dutch violinist
• José Damen (born 1959), Dutch butterfly swimmer
• Karen Damen (born 1974), Flemish singer, actress, and television host
• Kommer Damen (born 1944), Dutch shipbuilder and CEO of the Damen Group
• Onorato Damen (1893–1979), Italian communist revolutionary
• Piet Damen (born 1934), Dutch racing cyclist

• Hans Daams (born 1962), Dutch racing cyclist
• Jessie Daams (born 1990), Belgian racing cyclist, daughter of Hans

• Jan Daemen Cool (1589–1660), Dutch portrait painter (here "Daemen" is still a patronym)
• Joan Daemen (born 1965), Belgian cryptographer
• Maria Catharina Daemen or Mother Magdalena Daemen (1787–1858), Dutch Franciscan sister who founded a religious congregation
• Tom Daemen (born 1985), Dutch football midfielder

• Daemen University, named for Maria Catharina Daemen
• Daems, surname of the same origin
• Dahmen (surname), German surname
• Damen (disambiguation)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Damen.
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