Desmond


Gender:
Origin: Gaelic
340 famous people named Desmond found on Wikipedia.
33918 male, 233 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 323-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 264-th in year 1992
Used in: English, Irish

Meanings

Desmond is a given name and surname of, derived from the Irish place-name Desmond, an anglicization of Gaelic Deas-Mhumhna "South Munster". The Irish peerages of Ormonde, Desmond, and Thomond represented the old sub-kingdoms of East, South and North Munster, respectively. South Munster existed as an independent territory between 1118 and 1543. The title of Earl of Desmond (fourth creation) in the Peerage of Ireland originates in 1628; it is currently held by Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh (b. 1970).

Man from south Munster.

Famous People: 340 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Desmond Doss 1919 Recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor
2 Desmond Tutu 1931 South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner
3 Desmond Harrington 1976 American actor
4 Desmond Howard 1970 All-American college football player, professional football player, wide receiver, Heisman Trophy winner
5 Desmond Llewelyn 1914 1914-1999 Welsh actor
6 Viola Desmond 1914 Canadian activist
7 Desmond Miles 1987 Assassin's Creed character
8 Desmond Child 1953 American musician, songwriter, and producer
9 Ian Desmond 1985 American baseball player
10 Desmond Carrington 1926 British radio broadcaster and actor
11 Desmond Hume Character from the American mystery fiction television series Lost
12 Paul Desmond 1924 American musician
13 Dermot Desmond 1950 Irish businessman
14 Desmond Noonan 1959 British mobster
15 Desmond Dekker 1941 Jamaican singer-songwriter
16 Desmond Trufant 1990 American football player, defensive back, cornerback
17 Desmond Morris 1928 English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter
18 Desmond Elliot 1974 Nigerian actor and film director
19 Desmond Henley 1926 British embalmer
20 Desmond Mason 1977 American basketball player
21 Desmond Tan 1986 Singaporean actor
22 Desmond Wilcox 1931 British documentary film maker
23 Desmond Haynes 1956 West Indian cricketer
24 Desmond Leslie 1921 British pilot, film maker, writer, and musician
25 Desmond Bryant 1985 Player of American football
26 Desmond Dube 1969 South African actor
27 Desmond Kuek 1963 Former Chief of Defence Force of Singapore
28 Desmond Green 1989 Mixed martial artist
29 Desmond Bagley 1923 British writer
30 Desmond Askew 1972 Actor
31 Desmond Swayne 1956 British politician
32 Desmond Bishop 1984 American football player
33 Desmond Junaidi Mahesa 1965 Indonesian politician
34 Desmond Jennings 1986 American baseball player
35 Desmond Guinness 1931 Irish architectural historian
36 Desmond FitzGerald, 29th Knight of Glin 1937 Irish historian and hereditary knight
37 Desmond Clark 1977 Player of American football
38 Lorrae Desmond 1932 Australian actress
39 Desmond Ford 1929 Australian theologian
40 Desmond Connell 1926 Catholic cardinal
41 Matthew Desmond
42 Johnny Desmond 1919 Popular music singer
43 Desmond Koh 1973 Swimmer
44 Desmond Ng 1987
45 Desmond Lim 1968 Singaporean politician
46 Desmond Choo 1977 Singapore politician
47 Desmond O'Connor 1973 British entertainer
48 Arthur Desmond 1859 New Zealnd writer
49 Desmond Douglas 1955 British table tennis player-coach
50 Desmond MacCarthy 1877 British literary critiv
51 Desmond Lorenz de Silva 1939 British judge
52 Desmond Richardson 1969 American choreographer
53 Desmond O'Malley 1939 Irish politician
54 Meighan Desmond 1977 New Zealand actress
55 Desmond Barrit 1944 British actor
56 Desmond Tester 1919 British actor
57 Desmond Hoyte 1929 President of Guyana, politician, lawyer
58 Robert Desmond 1923 British actor
59 Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond 1533 Irish noble
60 Florence Desmond 1905 British actress
61 Desmond FitzGerald 1888 Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and politician
62 Desmond Paul Henry 1921 British philosopher
63 Desmond Nakano 1953 American actor, director, composer and writer
64 Sinéad Desmond Irish journalist
65 Desmond Davis 1926 British television director
66 Olga Desmond 1890 German actress
67 Desmond Morgan 1992 American football player
68 Connie Desmond 1908 American baseball player
69 Desmond Keith Carter 1967 American murderer
70 Desmond Armstrong 1964 American soccer player
71 Adrian Desmond 1947 Historian of science
72 Casey Desmond 1986 American musician
73 Desmond Arthur 1884 Irish aviator in the Royal Flying Corps
74 Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond 1335 Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
75 Katherine FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond 1504 Irish noblewoman
76 Desmond N'Ze 1989 Italian footballer
77 Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Desmond 1426 Lord Deputy of Ireland
78 Desmond Boal 1928 Northern Irish politician, activist and barrister
79 Desmond Seward 1935 Historian
80 Desmond McKenzie 1952 Jamaican politician
81 Desmond Ackner, Baron Ackner 1920 Judge
82 Desmond de Silva Sri Lankan singer
83 Desmond Donnelly 1920 British politician
84 William Desmond 1878 Actor
85 Desmond Norman 1929 English aircraft engineer
86 Desmond Morton 1937 Canadian historian
87 Desmond Oh 1986 Singaporean basketball player
88 Eileen Desmond 1932 Irish politician
89 Desmond Cassidi 1925 British admiral
90 Desmond Hayde 1926
91 Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond Irish nobleman, Lord Justice of Ireland and rebel
92 James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond 1380 Medieval noble
93 Desmond Fa'aiuaso 1984 Samoan footballer
94 Barry Desmond 1935 Irish politician
95 John Desmond 1922 American architect
96 Desmond Fennell 1929 Irish intellectual
97 Desmond Sacco South African businessman
98 James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond Medieval noble
99 Desmond Hogan 1950 Irish writer
100 Desmond Devlin Writer
101 Desmond Shawe-Taylor 1907 British music critic
102 Desmond Patrick Costello 1912 Linguist, soldier, diplomat, university professor, alleged spy
103 Desmond Penigar 1981 American basketball player
104 Pat Desmond 1842 American lawman and gunman
105 Desmond Saunders British television director and film editor
106 Desmond Briscoe 1925 British composer
107 John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond Irish founder of the Desmond line of the FitzGerald dynasty
108 Desmond Fitzpatrick 1912 British Army general
109 Desmond Lindsay
110 Desmond Plummer 1914 British politician
111 Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond Irish noble
112 Desmond Lardner-Burke 1909 Rhodesian politician
113 Desmond Cochrane 1918 British Army officer and Irish diplomat
114 Lee Desmond 1995 Irish association football player
115 Desmond Kelly 1936 Australian singer
116 Desmond Carter 1895 British lyricist
117 Desmond Hawkins 1908 British writer
118 Trudy Desmond 1945 Canadian singer
119 James FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond Irish nobleman
120 Desmond Piers 1913 Canadian admiral
121 Desmond Titterington 1928 Racecar driver
122 Desmond J. Scott 1918 British flying ace
123 Desmond Cory 1928 British writer
124 Desmond Ferguson 1977 American basketball player
125 Desmond Langley 1930 British Army general
126 Charles S. Desmond 1896 American judge
127 Desmond Sim 1961 Singaporean writer
128 Desmond Ryan Irish writer and historian
129 Desmond Williams American musician
130 James FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Desmond 1459 Medieval noble
131 Desmond Anderson 1885 British Army general
132 William Olivier Desmond 1939 French author and translator
133 Desmond King-Hele 1927 British physicist
134 Desmond Keegan
135 Desmond McGrath 1935 Canadian politician
136 Desmond Dickinson 1902 British cinematographer
137 Desmond Flower, 10th Viscount Ashbrook 1905 Irish peer
138 Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond Irish noble
139 Desmond Jeans 1903 British actor
140 Desmond MacNamara 1918 Irish artist
141 Desmond Hamill 1936 British television reporter
142 Desmond Luke 1935 Sierra Leonean politician
143 Desmond Chute 1895 English artist
144 Gerald Desmond 1915 American politician
145 Desmond Holloway 1990
146 Thomas FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Desmond Irish noble
147 Desmond Pringle 1970 Musician
148 Desmond Travers 1941 Irish officer
149 Astra Desmond 1893 British opera singer
150 Dan Desmond 1913 Irish politician
151 Bothalage Desmond James Stanley Fernando 1930 Sri Lankan Medical Doctor and Inventor
152 Desmond Cullum-Jones 1924
153 Desmond Hoebig 1961 Canadian cellist with a career as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician
154 Desmond Dinan 1957 Irish academic
155 George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond 1614 Irish nobleman
156 Desmond Dreyer 1910 Royal Navy admiral
157 Desmond O'Grady 1929 Australian journalist
158 Thomas FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Desmond 1454 Irish noble
159 Desmond Cambridge 1979 American basketball player
160 Desmond Smith 1911 Canadian general
161 James FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond Irish nobleman
162 Desmond Tachie 1984 Ghanaian footballer
163 Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond Irish noble
164 Desmond Skirrow 1923 British writer
165 Desmond Lewis 1946 Jamaican cricketer
166 Desmond Eagar 1917 Cricketer
167 Desmond G. Higgins Professor of Bioinformatics at University College Dublin
168 Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond
169 Peter Desmond 1926 Irish footballer
170 Desmond Dudwa Phiri Malawian author, historian, economist, and sociologist.
171 John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond
172 Desmond Higham 1964 British mathematician
173 Desmond McCarthy 1893 Royal Navy admiral
174 John FitzGerald, de facto 12th Earl of Desmond Tudor noble
175 Desmond Dupré 1916 British musician
176 Desmond Code 1912 Canadian politician
177 James FitzGerald, de jure 12th Earl of Desmond Irish nobleman
178 Desmond 'Dizzy' de Villiers 1922 British test pilot
179 Desmond Chumney 1968 Canadian cricketer
180 Desmond Fitzgerald
181 Desmond Ravenstone 1963 Unitarian Universalist lay leader, educator and advocate for BDSM and polyamory
182 Desmond Backos 1950 Association footballer
183 Desmond Fernandes British writer
184 Thomas C. Desmond 1887 New York politician
185 Desmond Barry 1954 British writer
186 Desmond Mueller 1943 Australian general
187 Desmond King 1957
188 Desmond Brayley, Baron Brayley 1917 English Baron
189 Desmond Pacey 1917 Candadian litary ctitic and author
190 Cosmas Desmond 1935 South African activist
191 Desmond Governey 1920 Irish politician
192 Desmond O'Neill 1923 British photographer
193 Desmond Doyle 1932
194 Richard Desmond 1927 American ice hockey player
195 Desmond Herbert 1898 Australian botanist
196 Desmond Banks, Baron Banks 1918 British peer
197 Desmond Kingsford 1914 British rower
198 Desmond Miller 1969 American hairdresser
199 Desmond Noel 1974 Grenadian footballer
200 Desmond Gordon 1911 British Army general