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anglicized Irish

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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).

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Notable people with the given name

  • Dez Bryant (born 1988), American football player
  • Desmond Connell (1926-2017), Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin
  • Desmond de Silva, Sri Lankan musician
  • Desmond Dekker (1941–2006), Jamaican singer
  • Dez Dickerson (born 1955), American guitarist and singer, former member of Prince's former band The Revolution
  • Desmond Digby (1933–2015), Australian set and costumer designer and illustrator
  • Desmond Doss (1919–2006), first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor
  • Desmond Douglas (born 1955), Jamaican-born British table tennis player
  • Desmond Elliot (born 1974), Nigerian actor, director and politician
  • Desmond FitzGerald (disambiguation)
  • Desmond Ford (born 1929), Christian speaker and theologian
  • Desmond Green (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
  • Desmond Harrington (born 1976), American actor
  • Desmond Haynes (born 1956), West Indian international cricketer
  • Desmond Howard (born 1970), former National Football League player and Heisman Trophy winner
  • Desmond Jennings (born 1986), American Major League Baseball player
  • Des Kelly (born 1965), British journalist
  • Desmond Lewis (born 1946), Jamaican cricketer
  • Desmond Llewelyn (1914–99), Welsh actor
  • Des Lynam (born 1942), British television presenter
  • Des Lyttle (born 1971), English footballer
  • Desmond Mason (born 1977), American basketball player
  • Desmond McKenzie (born 1952), Jamaican politician
  • Desmond Morris (born 1928) English zoologist, ethologist, surrealist painter and author (The Naked Ape)
  • Desmond Mullen (born 1966), American producer, director, actor, and writer
  • Desmond N'Ze (born 1989), Italian footballer playing in the Japanese league
  • Des O'Connor (born 1932), British entertainer
  • Desmond O'Malley (born 1939), Irish former politician, government minister and founder and leader of the Progressive Democrats
  • Des O'Neil (1920–1999), Australian politician
  • Desmond Tutu (born 1931), South African archbishop, civil rights activist and opponent of apartheid

    • Stage name

  • Desmond Child, stage name of John Charles Barrett (born 1953), American songwriter

    • Notable people with the surname

  • Casey Desmond (born 1986), American singer-songwriter
  • Charles S. Desmond (1896–1987), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
  • Dan Desmond (1913–1964), Irish politician
  • Eileen Desmond (1932–2005), Irish politician
  • Gerald Desmond (1915–1964), American civic leader and politician
  • Humphrey J. Desmond (1858-1932), Wisconsin state legislator, lawyer, writer, and newspaper editor
  • Ian Desmond (born 1985), American Major League Baseball player
  • Meighan Desmond (born 1977), New Zealand actor
  • Paul Desmond (1924-1977), American jazz saxophonist
  • Richard Desmond (born 1951), British publisher
  • Thomas C. Desmond (1887–1972), New York state senator
  • Viola Desmond (1914–1965), Canadian beautician and civil rights advocate
  • Walter Desmond (1876–1951), American judge

    • Stage name

  • Johnny Desmond, stage name of Giovanni Alfredo De Simone (1919–1985), American singer active in the 1940s and 1950s
  • Olga Desmond, pseudonym taken by Olga Sellin (1891–1964), German dancer and actress who promoted nudity on the stage
  • Paul Desmond, stage name of jazz saxophonist Paul Emil Breitenfeld (1924–1977)

    • Fictional characters

  • Desmond Ambrose, lead character in the British sitcom Desmond's
  • Des Barnes, in the British soap opera Coronation Street
  • Des Clarke (Neighbours), in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Desmond Hume in the television series Lost (2004)
  • Desmond Jones, one of the central characters of the Beatles song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
  • Desmond Larochette in the movie The List
  • Desmond Miles in the Assassin's Creed series of video games (2007)
  • Des Tiny in the book series The Saga of Darren Shan (2006)
    • Surname
  • Francine Desmond in the 1980s American TV show Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  • Norma Desmond, central character in the movie Sunset Boulevard

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