as a Last Name
- 29,741
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Dempsey
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Díomasaigh ‘descendant of Díomasach’, a byname meaning ‘proud’, ‘haughty’, from díomas ‘pride’. The name was occasionally Anglicized as Proudman (see Proud). Compare McGimsey.
| 1,193rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 29,741
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Dempsey per capita
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