In a quinceañera court, a female attendant is commonly called a dama.
The word dama means “lady” and is used for the young women who accompany the quinceañera. Together with chambelanes, the damas may take part in the formal entrance, portraits, rehearsed dances, and other public portions of the celebration. The exact size and composition of a court depend on the family and local custom.
The term is not a universal requirement. Some families choose a court of only close friends, while others invite relatives or omit the court entirely. Contemporary celebrations can also use gender-inclusive or personally chosen arrangements rather than reproducing older formal patterns.
Dama has several meanings in Spanish outside quinceañera customs, so the surrounding context matters. In this setting it means a female member of the honoree’s court, not the quinceañera herself. The masculine counterpart commonly associated with the court is chambelán.