Details for the forename Diarmait

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Diarmait (male)


Variants:	Darby (M) Dermot (M) Diarmad (M) Diarmaid (M) Diarmid (M) Jeremiah (M)
Derivative of:	Demetrius (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Irish Gaelic, "without envy". Diarmait [and variants] may be Anglicized as Darby although Dermot is more usual. It is for this reason that Darby may be found as a pet name for Dermot. Also Anglicized as Jeremiah [q.v.] Derived ultimately from Demetrius [q.v.].