Kermit

Ker·mit
K5E1R1M3I1T1
UK/ˈkɜːmɪt/US/ˈkɝmɪt/

proper noun

A male given name from Manx.

OriginManx Kermode →
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. USA male given name from Manx.
  2. The puppet Kermit the Frog, host of The Muppet Show and a frequent character in Sesame Street, originally performed by creator Jim Henson.
  3. computingAn asynchronous file transfer protocol, often used for communication between different types of minicomputer or mainframe.
  4. A city, the county seat of Winkler County, Texas, named after Kermit Roosevelt.
  5. A town in Mingo County, West Virginia, named after Kermit Roosevelt.

Origin

  1. ManxKermode
  2. EnglishKermit

Variant of English and Manx Kermode, cognate with Irish Mac Diarmata and Scots Gaelic McDiarmid (“son of Dermot”). Popularized in the US by the naming of Kermit Roosevelt (after a Manx ancestor). The computing sense is named after the Sesame Street character, but later provided with a backronym ("KL10 Error-Free Reciprocal Microprocessor Interchange over TTY").

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Kermit

permithermit
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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