The damon Surname
damon Name Meaning and History
- English and Scottish: from the personal name Damon, from a classical Greek name, a derivative of daman ‘to kill’. Compare Damian.
- Respelling of the French surname D’Amont, a topographic name, with the preposition d(e) denoting someone who lived à mont ‘uphill’, i.e. on high ground above a village or settlement.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Damons: Mass/Me | Care | 20 |
| LOWELL HENRY DAMON |
 Bonnie Miller
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| Descendants of FRANK MUNN DAMON (son of Lewis Damon) | Karen Williams Johnson | 1 |
| Francis Damon b. 1850-60)? in Plymouth, Ma |
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| Erastus R Damon |
Ray Williams
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| Juromo Patterson to Jane E. Damon |
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| C. M. Damon |
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| Damons in Australia |
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| Henry Damon of Dallas, TX 1919 |
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| Damon family Bible |
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