Given name & surname
Dempsy
“a proud man”
Dempsy is a variant of Dempsey. One Irish interpretation is “a proud man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dempsy is a variant of Dempsey. One Irish interpretation is “a proud man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dempsy 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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dempsy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 119
- 119 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 15 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 1945. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 116 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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