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Desmond.

A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó Deasmhumhnaigh, meaning "a man from South Munster".

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name/ˈdɛzmənd/
  1. A surname from Irish, anglicised from Ó Deasmhumhnaigh, meaning "a man from South Munster".

  2. A male given name transferred from the surname; popular in Britain in the first half of the twentieth century.

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From Irish Ó Deasmhumhnaigh.

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