as a Last Name
- 34,226
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Mcdermott
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Diarmada ‘son of Diarmaid’, a personal name possibly composed of the separative prefix di- + farmat ‘envy’, hence meaning ‘free from envy’. This name was borne in Celtic legend by the lover of Gráinne, and, in historical times, by Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, the 12th-century king of Leinster whose appeal to the English for support led directly to the Anglo-Norman presence in Ireland. Mac Diarmada was an important name in Connacht.
| 1,026th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Mcdevitt, Mcdermid, Mcdermitt, Mcdearmon, Mcdermed, Mcdermot, Mcdermit, Mcdermand, Mcdeavitt, Mcdermaid
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 34,226
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Iowa
- has the most people named Mcdermott per capita
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