Details for the forename Diarmaid

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Diarmaid (male)


Synonym(s):	Jeremiah (M)
Variants:	Darby (M) Dermid (M) Dermot (M) Diarmad (M) Diarmait (M) Diarmid (M) Diarmuid (M)
Derivative of:	Demetrius (M) Diarmit (M) Diarmuit (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP Personal correspondence [Jf, GGF]
Notes:	Irish Gaelic, "without envy". Anglicized as Dermot, Diarmid or Dermid and sometimes Darby. Derived, as are many other names, ultimately from Demetrius [q.v.]. Jeremiah is also from the same source and, in Ireland, may be used as a synonym for Diarmaid. (Personal correspondence [Jf, GGF].)