Given name
Dempsie
“a proud man”
Dempsie is a variant of Dempsey. One Irish interpretation is “a proud man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dempsie is a variant of Dempsey. One Irish interpretation is “a proud man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dempsie is a variant of Dempsey. An origin associated with Dempsey is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dempsie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1919. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dempsie’s family of names
Dempsie has a related form in Dempsey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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