Damascus
loc · Latin script
Meaning: capital, Syria
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: SSA, 2024
/dəmæskəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Damascus is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- ATAustria
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 74 (measured from records)
no count published
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)capital, Syria
Cited for this meaning 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Damascus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 154 | Damascus | 74 |
| CA Canada | — | — | Damascus | 6 |
| AT Austria | — | — | Damascus | 3 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | — | Damascus | 11 |
| AU Australia | — | — | Damascus | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 154 | #44,078 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1981 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2000 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1967 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 6 | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Damascus mean, and where does it come from?
- capital, Syria Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- How do you pronounce Damascus?
- A machine transcription gives /dəmæskəs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Damascus have the most bearers?
- Damascus is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled damascus.
What do you want to know about Damascus?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/damascusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Damascus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.