Desmond

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway 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 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Desmond
Genitive: Desmonds
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Desmond
Genitive: Desmondin
Partitive: Desmondia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Desmond
Genitive: Desmonds
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Desmond
Genitive: Desmonds

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

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

  1. Digitalarkivet at arkivverket.no, http://www.arkivverket.no
  2. Danish Family Search, https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk
  3. Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1990
  4. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)