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Dermot Crowley is an Irish stage, film and television actor.
Dermot Healy (1947 – 2014) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. A member of Aosdána, Healy was also part of its governing body, the Toscaireacht. He was described variously as a "master", a "Celtic Hemingway" and as "Ireland's finest living novelist".
Dermot Morgan (1952 – 1998) was an Irish comedian and actor, best known for his role as the title character on the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted.
Anglicized as Darby or Jeremiah.
Ugly name.
Pronounced DUR-mit.
I like this version better than Diarmuid. Even though I usually dislike anglicized names, Diarmuid reminds me of a prissy little boy, while Dermot seems like a stronger name.
Dermot is the name of the pug who won the toy group @ the Westminister Dog show in 2005(?). He was the first pug to win the Toy Group there.
The name sounds ultra-Irish to me, and thus a bit out of place elsewhere, even if the person was born in Ireland or has Irish parents. It's not such a horrible name desoite the long schwa, as the Irish pronunciation sounds kind of cute, but it is old-fashioned, and likely to sound ugly elsewhere.
Kermit is a form of Dermot. While I love Kermit the frog, I wouldn't name a child Kermit, but I would name a child Dermot.
British T4 presenter Dermot O'Leary. I love him!
Famous bearer is actor Dermot Mulroney.

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