Diarmaid (Irish:[ˈdʲiəɾˠmˠədʲ]) is a
masculine
given name in the
Irish language, which has historically been anglicized as
Jeremiah or
Jeremy, names with which it is etymologically unrelated.[1][2] The name
Dimity might have been used as a feminine English equivalent of the name in Ireland.[3] Earlier forms of the name include Diarmit and Diarmuit. Variations of the name include Diarmait and Diarmuid.
Anglicised forms of the name include Dermody, Dermot (/ˈdɜːrmət/, Hiberno-English:/ˈdɛərmət/) and Dermod.
Mac Diarmata, anglicised McDermott and similar, is the
patronymic and
surname derived from the personal name. The exact
etymology of the name is debated. There is a possibility that the name is derived in part from dí, which means "without"; and either from airmit, which means "injunction", or airmait, which means "envy".[2] The Irish name later spread to Scotland where in
Scottish Gaelic the form of the name is Diarmad; Anglicised forms of this name include Diarmid and Dermid.[4]
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