Given name & surname · also Manx, Irish
Kermit
“one who is free of envy”
Kermit is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is free of envy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is free of envy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kermit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,472
- 16,445 boys · 27 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 431 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,378 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,378 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 431 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,232 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kermit’s family of names
Kermit has a related form in Kerm. Kermit has a related form in Kermat. Kermit has a related form in Kerme.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kermittlikely variant
- Kermetvariant
- Englishvariant
- Kermeevariant
- Kermeyvariant
- Kermyvariant
- Kermievariant
- Kermivariant
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kermit
- Kermit ErasmusSouth African association football playerborn 1990
- Kermit WashingtonAmerican basketball player (born 1951)
- Kermit CintrónPuerto Rican boxerborn 1979
- Kermit Maynardactor, stunt performer (1897-1971)
- Kermit Beahanbombardier who dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki1918–1989
- Kermit RooseveltUnited States Army officer (1889–1943)
- Kermit Roosevelt Jr.American intelligence officer (1916–2000)
- Kermit RuffinsAmerican musicianborn 1964
- Kermit LovePuppet and Muppet designer (1916–2008)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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