Desmond

See also: desmond

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛzmənd/

Proper noun

Desmond

1. An Irish surname, anglicised from Ó Deasmhumhnaigh " 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.
   • 1988 K. C. Constantine, Joey's Case, →ISBN, page 132:

     I call him Bradford because it makes me feel like I'm in a soap opera. That's what they name men on soap operas. Bradford and Desmond and Elliott and Royce.

Anagrams

• Edmonds, oddsmen