Dermot

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Ireland, Scotland/ˈdɛɹmət/Australia, UK/ˈdɜːmət/Canada, US/ˈdɝmət/

proper noun

A male given name from Irish.

OriginIrish Diarmaid →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Irish.

    Look, I was Dermot “Duster” Hoggins’s editor, not his shrink or his ruddy astrologer, so how could I have known what lay in store for Sir Felix Finch on that infamous night?

    2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 146

Origin

  1. IrishDiarmaid
  2. EnglishDermot

From Irish Diarmaid. Doublet of Jeremy.

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APA

Dermot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dermot

MLA

“Dermot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dermot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dermot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dermot.

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