Diarmaid
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Diarmaid is a masculine given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 in the Irish language
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

. Earlier forms of the name include Diarmit and Diarmuit. Variations of the name include Diarmait and Diarmuid. Anglicised forms of the name include Dermot and Dermod. The etymology
Etymology
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 of the name is uncertain. There is a possibility that the name is derived in part from , which means "without"; and either from airmit, which means "injunction", or airmait, which means "envy". The Scottish Gaelic form of the name is Diarmad; Anglicised forms of this name include Diarmid and Dermid.

People with the name

Diarmaid
  • Diarmaid of Armagh
    Diarmaid of Armagh
    Diarmaid of Armagh was a Catholic Bishop of Armagh. He was made Bishop of Armagh in 834, but was driven from his see by the usurper Foraunan in 835. However, he claimed his rights and collected his cess in Connacht, in 836. He lived in a stormy age, as the Scandinavian rovers under Turgesius...

    , a bishop of Armagh and saint
  • Diarmaid the Just
    Diarmaid the Just
    Saint Diarmaid the Just was a Catholic Abbot of Inis Clothrann , Lough Ree, County Longford & of Faughalstown, County Westmeath and a famous Irish confessor of the late-sixth century.He was of princely origin as he was 7th in descent from Nath Í, King of Ireland who died 428...

    , a saint of the monastery of Inchcleraun

Diarmait
  • Diarmait mac Cerbaill
    Diarmait mac Cerbaill
    Diarmait mac Cerbaill was King of Tara or High King of Ireland. According to traditions, he was the last High King to follow the pagan rituals of inauguration, the ban-feis or marriage to goddess of the land....

    , King of Tara, died 565
  • Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine
    Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine
    Diarmait was a son of Áed Sláine. According to the Irish annals he was High King of Ireland.-Sons of Áed Sláine:Diarmait's father Áed Sláine was a son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill, the apical ancestor of the southern branches of the Uí Néill kindred which dominated Ireland from the late 6th century...

    , Co-king of Tara, died 664
  • Diarmait ua Tigernáin, abbot of Armagh, died 852
  • Diarmait mac Mail na mBo
    Diarmait mac Mail na mBo
    Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó was King of Leinster, and also High King of Ireland .He was one of the most important and significant Kings in Ireland in the pre-Norman era...

    , King of Leinster, died 1072
  • Diarmait mac Murchada, King of Leinster, died 1171

Diarmuid
  • Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
    Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
    Diarmuid Ua Duibhne or Diarmid O'Dyna is a son of Donn and a warrior of the Fianna in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. He is most famous as the lover of Gráinne, the intended wife of Fianna leader Fionn mac Cumhaill in The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne...

    , a warrior in Irish mythology

Dermot
  • Dermot O'Leary
    Dermot O'Leary
    Dermot O'Leary is an English television and radio presenter. He established himself as a presenter of Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4 before moving on to The X Factor on ITV. O'Leary has also presented on the BBC and has his own radio show on BBC Radio 2...

    , English television presenter
  • Dermot Morgan
    Dermot Morgan
    Dermot John Morgan was an Irish comedian, actor and former schoolteacher, who achieved international renown for his roles as Father Ted Crilly in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and a strip club MC in Taffin....

    , Irish comedian
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