Demian

Where Demian comes from

Demian hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1621
    Demian Mnohohrishny born
    Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks
  2. 1966
    First appearance
    #3,948 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1974
    Peak, #919
    78 babies named Demian — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1977
    Demian Maia born
    Brazilian mixed martial artist
  5. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,794.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Demian Maia · Brazilian mixed martial artist, born 1977
  • Demian Mnohohrishny · Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks, 1621–1703
  • Demian Conrad · Swiss designer, born 1974
  • Demian Hladylovych · 1846–1892

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.