Dermat
Dermot is a male given name of Irish origin (Irish Diarmuid or Diarmaid ) from Old Irish dí-airmit "without disposal" in the sense of "free man" . Dermot is its anglicized version and also serves as a variant of the Hebrew first name Jeremiah . As a family name Dermot is very rare, but the family name McDermott is derived from the first name in patronymic formation.
Variants of the name are Dermott, Diarmaid, Diarmid, Diarmuid, and Diarmuld.
Name bearer
Dermat
- Dermot Ahern (* 1955), Irish politician (Fianna Fáil)
- Dermot Bolger (* 1959), Irish writer, editor and publisher
- Dermot Bradley (1944–2009), Irish military historian
- Dermot Chichester, 7th Marquess of Donegall (1916–2007), Irish peer, soldier and landowner
- Dermot Clifford (* 1939), Irish Roman Catholic Archbishop
- Dermot Curtis (1932-2008), Irish football player
- Dermot Desmond (born 1950), Irish entrepreneur
- Dermot Earley (1948-2010) Irish lieutenant general and Gaelic football player
- Dermot Pius Farrell (* 1954), Irish clergyman and Bishop of Ossory
- Dermot Healy (1947–2014), Irish poet, novelist and playwright
- Dermot Kennedy (* 1991), Irish singer-songwriter
- Dermot Lacey (* 19 **), Irish politician (Irish Labor Party)
- Dermot McGlinchey (* 1973), Northern Irish snooker player
- Dermot McGrath († after 1600), Irish Catholic Bishop of Cork and Cloyne
- Dermot Morgan (1952-1998) Irish comedian and actor
- Dermot Mulroney (born 1963), American actor
- Dermot Nally (* 1980), Irish cyclist
- Dermot Patrick O'Mahony (1935–2015), auxiliary bishop in Dublin
- Dermot Ryan (1924–1985), Irish clergyman, Archbishop of Dublin
- Dermot Turing (* 1961), British lawyer, banker, author and historian, nephew of Alan Turing
Dermatism
- Dermott Lennon (* 1969), Irish show jumper
Diarmaid
- Diarmaid MacCulloch (* 1951), English church historian and theologian
- Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin (1932–1985), Irish writer
Diarmuid
- Diarmuid (legendary figure) , the main hero of the Irish legend Diarmuid and Gráinne
- Diarmuid Mac Murchadha Caomhánach , also Dermot MacMurrough (1110–1171), small king of Leinster
- Diarmuid Martin (* 1945), Irish clergyman, Archbishop of Dublin
- Diarmuid Wilson (born 1965), Irish politician (Fianna Fáil)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.libraryireland.com/names/men/diarmaid-dermod.php Irish Names and Surname by Rev. Patrick Woulfe, 1923
- ↑ Dermot - name meaning and origin (English)
- ↑ Dermot on www.vornamen-weltweit.de