Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Diarmuid isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Diarmuid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 6 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 6 in 2013. 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.
Diarmuid’s family of names
In Irish usage, Diarmuid has a related form in Diarmaid.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Diarmuid
- Diarmuid MartinIrish Roman Catholic archbishopborn 1945
- Diarmuid NoyesIrish actorborn 1988
- Diarmuid O'ScannlainUnited States federal judgeborn 1937
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.