Diarmaid

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{{Infobox given name

| name = Diarmaid

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| pronunciation = {{IPA|ga|ˈdʲiəɾˠmˠədʲ|lang}}

| gender = Male

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| meaning = 'without injunction'

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| language = Irish

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| alternative spelling = Diarmit

| nickname = Darby{{cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/men/diarmaid-dermod.php|title=Irish Names and Surnames: Diarmaid|access-date=28 May 2025|publisher=libraryireland.com}}

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| variant forms = Diarmuit

| related names = Diarmait

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| anglicisation = Dimity, Jeremiah

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Diarmaid ({{IPA|ga|ˈdʲiəɾˠmˠədʲ|lang}}) is a

masculine given name in the Irish language, which has historically been anglicized as Jeremiah or Jeremy, names with which it is etymologically unrelated.{{cite book |last1=Macleod |first1=I |last2=Freedman |first2=T |year=1995 |title=The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names |series=Wordsworth Reference |publisher=Wordsworth Editions |publication-place=Ware, HD |isbn=1-85326-366-4 |via=Google Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/wordsworthdictio0000macl/page/113 113] |url=https://archive.org/details/wordsworthdictio0000macl/page/113 }} The name Dimity might have been used as a feminine English equivalent of the name in Ireland.{{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick|last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= A Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=76–77|isbn= 0-19-861060-2}} Earlier forms of the name include Diarmit and Diarmuit. Variations of the name include Diarmait and Diarmuid. Anglicised forms of the name include Dermody, Dermot ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɜːr|m|ə|t}}, {{small|Hiberno-English:}} {{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɛər|m|ə|t}}) and Dermod. Mac Diarmata, anglicised McDermott and similar, is the patronymic and surname derived from the personal name. The exact etymology of the name is debated. There is a possibility that the name is derived in part from dí, which means "without"; and either from {{lang|ga|airmit}}, which means "injunction", or {{lang|ga|airmait}}, which means "envy".{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |authorlink1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |pages=74, 345 }}. The Irish name later spread to Scotland where in Scottish Gaelic the form of the name is Diarmad; Anglicised forms of this name include Diarmid and Dermid.{{citation |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |authorlink1=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |edition=2nd |series=Oxford Paperback Reference |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |page=401 }}.

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