Message: "Dermot" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Dermot

by noel (glaucous)

7/24/2018, 7:05 PM

What are your thoughts on Dermot?

and which spelling/version do you prefer: http://www.behindthename.com/polls/293496?

#Dermot

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- Cayden (theparkite)

7/24/2018, 7:22 PM

I love it! Know someone with this name and it works well—strong, simple,’and a really positive meaning. I’d pair it with a common, short middle to produce good contrast.

Dermot Adam
Dermot James
Dermot Brian
Dermot Lynn
Dermot Steven

- Flora (booksandtea)

7/25/2018, 9:34 AM

I sort of find it hard to say, frankly.

- Pie +2

7/25/2018, 12:40 PM

It's a decent name. It feels like an older person's name to me, probably because the only Dermot I can think of atm is the late Dermot Graham, who played Father Ted.
I voted for the Diarmuid spelling, but Dermot is okay too.

- noel (glaucous) +1

7/25/2018, 6:35 PM

My favorite is a tie between Diarmid and Diarmuid...is there a reason you prefer Diarmuid?

Dermot seems to be the BtN favorite, but I don't know if I like it or not. It might remind me too much of Kermit.

- Pie

7/26/2018, 6:10 AM

It's the most familiar to me, probably because it's been the most popular version in Ireland for a while.

- number1212 +3

7/25/2018, 5:17 PM

For some weird reason it makes me think of an otter. I literally have no idea why.

- noel (glaucous) +2

7/25/2018, 6:37 PM

...do you follow hockey at all? Apparently there was a guy with the surname Dermott who played for the Erie Otters.

- number1212 nsi (guest) +1

7/25/2018, 10:00 PM

I’m not into hockey at all. That’s a weird coincidence. I was thinking more like a book or cartoon character with the name.

- noel (glaucous)

7/25/2018, 11:11 PM

Maybe it's just the *ot part, plus similarity to Kermit?

...I did find a kids' book called "Little Dermot and the thirsty stones: and other Irish folk tales", but I have no idea if it includes an otter.

- Theodora'sMommy (Nemesis0408)

7/26/2018, 8:27 AM

I don't hate it, but it sounds more like a brand name for a vacuum than a name for a real live person.

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