Details for the forename Diarmad

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Diarmad (male)


Variants:	Darby (M) Dermid (M) Dermot (M) Diarmaid (M) Diarmait (M) Diarmid (M) Jeremiah (M)
Derivative(s):	Kermit (M)
Derivative of:	Diarmit (M) Jeremiah (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Scottish and Irish Gaelic and Manx form of Dermot, from Gaelic "without envy"; sometimes Anglicized as Jeremiah. Kermit is an English derivative from the Irish/Manx surname Mac Dhiarmaid, "son of Diarmad". Derived ultimately from Demetrius [q.v.].