Given name
Diarmid
“a free man”
Diarmid is used as a given name. One Irish interpretation is “a free man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a free man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
Diarmid’s family of names
Diarmid shares a linguistic root with Dermot. Diarmid has a related form in Diarmad. Diarmid has a related form in Diarmaid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Diarmeyvariant
- Diarmyvariant
- Diarmeavariant
- Diarmeevariant
- Diarmievariant
- Diarmivariant
- Diarmaitvariant
- Diarmaidvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Diarmid
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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“son of Diarmaid”
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“descendant of Duineachaidh”
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