Diarmaid

Diarmaid
PronunciationIrish: [ˈdʲiəɾˠmˠədʲ]
GenderMale
Language(s)Irish
Origin
Meaning'without injunction'
Other names
Alternative spellingDiarmit
Variant form(s)Diarmuit
Anglicisation(s)Dimity, Jeremiah
Related namesDiarmait

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]

  1. ^ Macleod, I; Freedman, T (1995). The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names. Wordsworth Reference. Ware, HD: Wordsworth Editions. p. 113. ISBN 1-85326-366-4 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 74, 345, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
  3. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
  4. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 401, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.