Damas Family History
Damas Name Meaning
Portuguese and Spanish: from a variant of the personal name Damaso . French West Indian (mainly Haiti) and African (mainly Tanzania): from the medieval Latin personal name Damas from Latin Dalmatius originally an ethnic name for someone from Dalmatia (its name may be of Illyrian origin and akin to southern Albanian delme ‘sheep’). It was borne by a 3rd-century bishop of Pavia and a 6th-century bishop of Rodez Christian saints popularly venerated in the Middle Ages.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022