McDermott

M3C3D2E1R1M3O1T1T1

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Mac Diarmada →
Less commonScrabble 16
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounMcDermott (plural McDermotts)

plural McDermotts · alternative MacDermot · alternative McDermitt

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

  1. IrishMac Diarmada“son of Diarmaid”
  2. EnglishMcDermott

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Diarmada (“son of Diarmaid”).

More words from Irish

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

McDermott. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McDermott

MLA

“McDermott.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McDermott. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “McDermott,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/McDermott.

Source: McDermott on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.