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Desmond
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Usage
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Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
Irish and English name
Derived from the Gaelic place name Deas-Mhumhan = 'South Munster' {{ref_oxf|83
Related Names
| Desmond | ♂ |
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Grammar
| - Danish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Desmond |
| Genitive: | Desmonds |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Desmond |
| Genitive: | Desmondin |
| Partitive: | Desmondia |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Desmond |
| Genitive: | Desmonds |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Desmond |
| Genitive: | Desmonds |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
- Norway: 1890 (born in the USA) [1]
- Denmark: 1912 [2]
- Sweden: 1915 (Gällivare, Lappland) [3]
- Finland: ca 1930 [4]
Further Information
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 10 people were named Desmond (percentage of first or only given name: 30 %) [5]
Statistics
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Desmond.
References
- ↑ Digitalarkivet at arkivverket.no, http://www.arkivverket.no
- ↑ Danish Family Search, https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk
- ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1990
- ↑ Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)