Damaris

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The origin of the name Damaris is Greek

 

This is how Damaris is written in Greek

Δάμαρις = Damaris

 

The  biblical meaning of the name Damaris is: a heifer.

 

Damaris was an Athenian woman converted to Christianity by Paul’s preaching

 

The name Damaris appears in the bible in the following verse:

Acts 17:34
Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.