Diamond (given name)

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{{Infobox Given Name Revised

| name = Diamond

| image=ThompsonDiamonds.JPG

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| caption=The name Diamond is taken from the gemstone.

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| gender = Unisex

| meaning = "diamond"

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| origin = Greek

| related names = Deimantė, Diamanda, Diamanto, Dymond

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Diamond is a given name derived from the name of the diamond gemstone. The word is derived from the Greek adamas. The name was among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn girls in the United States between 1986 and 2014 and remains in regular use.{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/diamond|author=Mike Campbell|website=behindthename.com|title=Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Diamond|accessdate=2018-05-04}} Deimantė, a Lithuanian variant, was the 10th most popular name for baby girls born in Lithuania in 2007.Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania). (2008-05-13). [http://www.stat.gov.lt/lt/pages/view/?id=1625 Įdomioji statistika] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113150716/http://www.stat.gov.lt/lt/pages/view/?id=1625 |date=2012-11-13 }}. Retrieved 2008-05-22.

Usage of the name was occasionally inspired by the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897.{{cite web | url=https://nameberry.com/babyname/diamond/girl | title=Diamond - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity }} Other jewel names such as Ruby, Pearl, and Opal also first came into wider use in the Anglosphere during the Victorian Era along with other names from the natural world.{{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=210 |isbn= 0-19-861060-2}}

The boy hero of the 1871 children's book At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald is named Diamond.