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:

## Damen

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* 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

## Daams

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

## Daemen

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* 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

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ Damen at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Damen.
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